Intelligence Is The Ability To

Perhaps, Indeed, There Are No Truly Universal Ethics: Or To Put It More Precisely, The Ways In Which Ethical Principles Are Interpreted Will Inevitably Differ Across Cultures And Eras. Yet, These Differences Arise Chiefly At The Margins. All Known Societies Embrace The Virtues Of Truthfulness, Integrity, Loyalty, Fairness; None Explicitly Endorse Falsehood, Dishonesty, Disloyalty, Gross Inequity. (five Minds For The Future, P136)

In Roughly The Last Century, Important Experiments Have Been Launched By Such Charismatic Educators As Maria Montessori, Rudolf Steiner, Shinichi Suzuki, John Dewey, And A. S. Neil. These Approaches Have Enjoyed Considerable Success[...] Yet They Have Had Relatively Little Impact On The Mainstream Of Education Throughout The Contemporary World.

We Should Spend Less Time Ranking Children And More Time Helping Them To Identify Their Natural Competencies And Gifts And Cultivate These. There Are Hundreds And Hundreds Of Ways To Succeed And Many, Many Different Abilities That Will Help You Get There.

Intelligences Are Enhanced When A Person Is Engaged In Activities That Involve The Exercise Of That Intelligence. It Helps To Have Good Teachers, Ample Resources, And Personal Motivation. Anyone Can Improve Any Intelligence; But It Is Easier To Improve The Intelligence If Those Factors Are Available And If You Have High Potential In That Intelligence.

I Am Knowledgeable Enough About The World Of Prizes To Realize That There Is A Large Degree Of Luck - Both For The Recognitions That You Receive And Those That You Did Not.