The best teachers are the best storytellers.

You can't see other people's point of view when you have only one language.

Language is not a genetic gift, it is a social gift. Learning a new language is becoming a member of the club -the community of speakers of that language.

The teachers who get "burned out" are not the ones who are constantly learning, which can be exhilarating, but those who feel they must stay in control and ahead of the students at all times.

Learning is never aversive - usually we are not aware of it at all. It is failure to learn that is frustrating and boring, and so is having to attend to nonsensical activities.

You can't see other's point of view when you have only one language.

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

There is only one reality, but there are many ways that reality can be interpreted.

I think calling someone a character is a compliment.

As your enemies and your friends, so are you

Poetry is the mathematics of writing and closely kin to music.

God never seems to work at the speed that we want Him to.

You want to think about what is the path for my first 10 or 15 employees going to be as the company grows.

The best experiences and the biggest ideas don't fit into a category. They change it.

When an individual (or a group of individuals) is kept in a situation of inferiority, the fact is that he is inferior.

A culture is a total way of life. It embraces what people ate and what they wore; the way they walked and the way they talked; the manner in which they treated death and greeted the newborn.