"Learning starts with failure; the first failure is the beginning of education"

"Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow"

"Education is a private matter between the person and the world of knowledge and experience, and has little to do with school or college"

"At the heart of the Reggio Emilia approach is the belief that children are full of potential, competent, and capable of constructing their own learning"

"Success and failure are equally disastrous"

"A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning"

"Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten"

"The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows"

"Learning is always rebellion... Every bit of new truth discovered is revolutionary to what was believed before"

"Learning and teaching should not stand on opposite banks and just watch the river flow by; instead, they should embark together on a journey down the water. Through an active, reciprocal exchange, teaching can strengthen learning how to learn"

"I wasn't afraid to fail. Something good always comes out of failure"