William Glasser

“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.”

“We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun.”

“Caring for but never trying to own may be a further way to define friendship.”

“If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.”

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

“Every single major push in education has made it worse and right now it's really bad because everything we've done is de-humanizing education. It's destroying the possibility of the teacher and the student having a warm, friendly, intellectual relationship.”

“Using no control and using humor will build a relationship and make a dent to where the client puts the counselor in their quality world and then begins to relate and seek out the counselor. Effective therapy begins with the acceptance of the therapist into the client's quality world.”

“Education is the process in which we discover that learning adds quality to our lives. Learning must be experienced.”