The essence of creativity is figuring out how to use what you already know in order to go beyond what you already think.

Learners are encouraged to discover facts and relationships for themselves.

Education must, be not only a transmission of culture but also a provider of alternative views of the world and a strengthener of the will to explore them.

We are storytelling creatures, and as children we acquire language to tell those stories that we have inside us.

"Thinking about thinking" has to be a principle ingredient of any empowering practice of education.

Being able to "go beyond the information" given to "figure things out" is one of the few untarnishable joys of life.

The foundations of any subject may be taught to anybody at any age in some form.

We begin with the hypothesis that any subject can be taught effectively in some intellectually honest form to any child at any stage of development.

In reference to right answers - Knowing is a process, not a product.

Good teaching is forever being on the cutting edge of a child's competence.

Understanding something in one way does not preclude understanding it in other ways.

It’s a red sky every night with Cosmic Ordering.

Sometimes the strong give birth to the weak. An sometimes the weak grow to be strong

It's cool to be a part of recovery. This is just who I am, this is what I write about, what I do, and most of my work has been a reflection of what I've been going through in one way or another.

That which you create in beauty and goodness and truth lives on for all time to come. Don't spend your life accumulating material objects that will only turn to dust and ashes.

I just really enjoy the ritual of going to work and playing, which is essentially what we do. We play pretend. Acting is a kids' game.

I feel some kind of duty to be really, really honest as a writer. The same is true of my songwriting.

Lazy people can't practice Ashtanga Yoga

Religions . . . seem to avoid mountain passes.

I have directed all of my cabinet to work to prepare a transition plan for the incoming administration.

I was born and raised with crocodiles; they are a piece of cake. But kids are so ... unpredictable.