“Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.”

“Justice that love gives is a surrender, justice that law gives is a punishment.”

“If you want to shine like a sun. First burn like a sun.”

“He who conquers himself will obtain happiness.”

“The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.”

“Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.”

“The dream begins, most of the time, with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you on to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called truth.”

“Students don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.”

“Teaching is the greatest act of optimism.”

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.”