A teacher as a person is more important than a teacher as a technician. What he is has more effect than anything he does.

Centralization as a system is inconsistent with a non-voilent structure of society.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Life cannot go on without much forgetting.

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fire actions than in the non-preformance of base ones.

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

Long-rangeplanning works best in the short term.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer

Conflictis neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.