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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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Too many of us fail to fulfill our needs because we say no rather than yes, or perhaps later in life, yes when we should say no.
William Glasser
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We almost always have choices, and the better the choice, the more we will be in control of our lives.
William Glasser
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We may be up against a stone wall, but we don't have to bloody our heads against it unless we choose to.
William Glasser
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What students lack in school is an intellectual relationship or conversation with the teacher.
William Glasser
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We can teach a lot of things, but if the teacher can't relate by talking to a group of friendly students, he'll never be a competent teacher.
William Glasser
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There is plenty of competition in a Glasser Quality School in that there is winning but no losing.
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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There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison.
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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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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I think education is both using and improving knowledge and that changes the whole picture.
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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