William Glasser

This is at the heart of all good education, where the teacher asks students to think and engages them in encouraging dialogues, constantly checking for understanding and growth. ↗

— William Glasser

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It is almost impossible for anyone, even the most ineffective among us, to continue to choose misery after becoming aware that it is a choice. ↗

— William Glasser

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Effective teaching may be the hardest job there is. ↗

— William Glasser

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Good or bad, everything we do is our best choice at that moment. ↗

— William Glasser

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I think it is totally wrong and terribly harmful if education is defined as acquiring knowledge. ↗

— William Glasser

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No human being will work hard at anything unless they believe that they are working for competence. ↗

— William Glasser

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Since there will be no one left to talk peace after the next war, it makes good sense to break with tradition and hold the peace conference first. ↗

— William Glasser

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To be depressed or neurotic is passive. It happened to us; we are its victim, and we have no control over it. ↗

— William Glasser

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What happened in the past that was painful has a great deal to do with what we are today, but revisiting this painful past can contribute little or nothing to what we need to do now. ↗

— William Glasser

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You can acquire a lot of knowledge without ever going to school. ↗

— William Glasser

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