The thought that I might kill myself formed in my mind coolly as a tree or a flower.
Teaching is not the oldest profession. But it is certainly among the loneliest.
On data: We are the drivers, not the driven.
We must use collegiality not to level people down but to bring together their strength and creativity.
You cannot understand the teacher or their teaching without understanding the person the teacher is.
In collaborative cultures, failure and uncertainty are not protected but shared and discussed to gain support.
As we seek to eliminate individualism in teaching, we should not eradicate individuality with it.
He is not a lover who does not love forever.
Unhappiness does make people look stupid.
I never made a decision in my life that wasn't one hundred per cent selfish.
Those who have overcome self-will and become instruments to do God's work can accomplish tasks which are seemingly impossible, but they experience no feeling of self achievement. I now know myself to be a part of the infinite cosmos, not separate from other souls or God. My illusory self is dead; the real self controls the garment of clay and uses it for God's work.