We often hear of people breaking down from overwork, but in nine out of ten they are really suffering from worry or anxiety.

When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace.

Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin.

The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn.

I favor a system where students in publicly funded institutions make a commitment: if they do well in the private sector, they will revert a certain percentage of their income to the education sector; and if they devote some years to public service, their debt will be forgiven.

Kids don't need to be taught the value of making; they are natural makers, at least until traditional education makes them afraid of making mistakes. The long-term value of making for kids is in learning to become an active participant in the world around them rather than a consumer of prepackaged products and solutions.

You have to be smarter and a wiser businessperson and consumer. You have to learn to protect yourself through education.

Arbitrary benchmarks cheat kids out of a fulfilling education.