“Students rarely disappoint teachers who assure them in advance that they are doomed to failure.”

“Wisdom is a kind of knowledge. It is knowledge of the nature, career, and consequences of human values.”

“Everyone who remembers his own education remembers teachers, not methods and techniques. The teacher is the heart of the educational system.”

“The constant reprimands made me hyperconscious of my own performance, and so instead of getting rid of self, I had become embedded in the egoism I was supposed to transcend. Now I was beginning to ...”

“Silence is the mother of truth.”

“Silence is a powerful tool.”

“The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things.”

“But instead of spending our lives running towards our dreams, we are often running away from a fear of failure or a fear of criticism.”

“The ugliest government is the one which is spreading fear to its own people! The finest government is the one which encourages its own people to criticize the government harshly.”