“Life has always been an open-book exam”

“The very definition of what it means to be alone has changed. To be physically alone is still relatively easy, but many of us struggle daily to turn off e-mail, computers, or cell phones... Our stu...”

“Time for reflection and interaction is a casualty of the digital age, and one of the primary goals of higher education should be to reclaim this time.”

“The problem of teaching, therefore, is getting not the facts but the context from my brain to yours.”

“If teaching is largely about faculty-student interaction, then we have to recognize that human interaction is changing.”

“Education doesnt make you happy. Nor does freedom. We dont become happy just because were free if we are. Or because weve been educated if we have. But because education may be the means by which...”

“Because I trust in the ever-changing climate of the heart. (At least, today I feel that way.) I think it is necessary to have many experiences for the sake of feeling something; for the sake of bei...”

“The past has no power over the present moment.”

“You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.”

“It is easier to write a book with footnotes than the same book written so that children can understand it.”

“I never teach my pupils, I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.”