Reforms often fail because politics favors symbols over substance.

Things get done only if the data we gather can inform and inspire those in a position to make a difference.

School improvement is not a mystery. Incremental, even dramatic improvement is not only possible but probable under the right conditions.

Learning, without any opportunities to share what we've learned, is a little like cooking for ourselves; we do it, but we probably won't do it as well.

When we unnecessarily elongate the process of "learning to read," we postpone "reading to learn learning itself - by years.

In a healthy system, there is no blame.

You must live the life of your dreams.

Love was like swallowing a cili padi whole.

... the reason life works at all is that not everyone in your tribe is nuts on the same day. [pp. 65-66]

You have brought the best things in my life. I used to be so unhappy before but now I am filled with joy and peace. Thank you for bringing so many good things into my life.

The only thing we have in this world that is utterly and intrinsically ours is our integrity.

It is not change that causes anxiety; it is the feeling that we are without defenses in the presence of what we see as danger that causes anxiety.

I cannot stand superheroes. I do not understand any of its appeal. It has just bored me to death since I was a little kid.

The very life which we enjoy is short. [Lat., Vita ipsa qua fruimur brevis est.]

Golf is a very serious part of my life, but when you stop having fun at it, that's when it's time to hang it up.

What is faith? Faith is being grasped by the power of love.