“The problem in our society and in our schools is to inclulcate, without overdoing it, the notion of education, as in the Latin educere--to lead, to bring out what is in someone rather than merely to indoctrinate him/her from the outside. (89)”
“There seem to be only two kinds of people: Those who think that metaphors are facts, and those who know that they are not facts. Those who know they are not facts are what we call "atheists," and those who think they are facts are "religious." Which group really gets the message?”
“The fates lead him who will; him who won't they drag.- The Greatness of Saturn”
“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.”
“One great thing about growing old is that nothing is going to lead to anything. Everything is of the moment.”
“A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself”