The heart and soul of school culture is what people believe, the assumptions they make about how school works.

(We need) leadership that is tough enough to demand a great deal from everyone, and leadership that is tender enough to encourage the heart.

(In schools) There is an emphasis on doing things right rather on doing the right things.

Systems of schooling are over managed and under led.

If every word introduces a new concept, the simple phrase "all that which does not exist" is sufficient to make everything that does not exist, exist.

Kind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless.

Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.

I've always had lots of friends and my house was the house they all hung out at.

I'm always smiling and happy.

I have a great appreciation for our world's history. I learn from my own mistakes, I learn from the mistakes we've made as a human race.

I've never ceased to be amazed at the survival skills of poor children. I've learned how much children can actually do for themselves if only we provide the necessary means. That part is up to us.

The psychological and moral comfort of a presence at once humble and understanding-this is the greatest benefit that the dog has bestowed upon man.

Truth is great and will prevail if left to herself.

My stars shine darkly over me