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Someone who thinks well of himself is said to have a healthy self-concept and is envied. Someone who thinks well of his country is called a patriot and is applauded. But someone who thinks well of his species is regarded as hopelessly naïve and is dismissed.

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The value of a book about dealing with children is inversely proportional to the number of times it contains the word behavior.

Children learn how to make good decisions by making decisions, not by following directions

Many of the familiar principles of Quality Management amount to an elaboration of this simple truth: an innovative healthy organization requires that we work with people rather than do things to them.

Rewards and punishments are not opposites at all; they are two sides of the same coin. And it is a coin that does not buy very much.

It doesn't matter how motivated students are; what matters is how students are motivated

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