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Those Who Have Had Anything Useful To Say Have Said It Far Too Often, And Those Who Have Had Nothing To Say Have Been No More Reticent.

Punitive Measures Whether Administered By Police, Teachers, Spouses Or Parents Have Well Known Standard Effects: (1) Escape-education Has Its Own Name For That: Truancy, (2) Counterattack-vandalism On Schools And Attacks On Teachers, (3) Apathy-a Sullen Do-nothing Withdrawal. The More Violent The Punishment, The More Serious The By-products.

Any Single Historical Event Is Too Complex To Be Adequately Known By Anyone. It Transcends All The Intellectual Capacities Of Men. Our Practice Is To Wait Until A Sufficient Number Of Details Have Been Forgotten. Of Course Things Seem Simpler Then! Our Memories Work That Way; We Retain The Facts Which Are Easiest To Think About.

The Severest Trial Of Oppression Is The Constant Outrage Which One Suffers At The Thought Of The Oppressor. What Jesus Discovered Was How To Avoid The Inner Devastations. His Technique Was To Practice The Opposite Emotion... A Man May Not Get His Freedom Or Possessions Back, But He's Less Miserable. It's A Difficult Lesson.

It Is Not A Question Of Starting. The Start Has Been Made. It's A Question Of What's To Be Done From Now On.