One Of The Many Things

The Teachers Of Small Children Are Paid More Than They Were, But Still Far Less Than The Importance Of Their Work Deserves, And They Are Still Regarded By The Unenlightened Majority As Insignificant Compared To Those Who Impart Information To Older Children And Adolescents, A Class Of Pupils Which, In The Nature Of Things, Is Vastly More Able To Protect Its Own Individuality From The Character Of The Teacher.

Vermont Tradition Is Based On The Idea That Group Life Should Leave Each Person As Free As Possible To Arrange His Own Life. This Freedom Is The Only Climate In Which (we Feel) A Human Being May Create His Own Happiness. ... Character Itself Lies Deep And Secret Below The Surface, Unknown And Unknowable By Others. It Is The Mysterious Core Of Life, Which Every Man Or Woman Has To Cope With Alone, To Live With, To Conquer And Put In Order, Or To Be Defeated By.

If We Could Learn How To Utilize All The Intelligence And Patent Good Will Children Are Born With, Instead Of Ignoring Much Of It - Why - There Might Be Enough To Go Around! There Might Be Enough To Solve Our Alarming Human Problems, To Put An End To Poverty, To Stop Waging Wars.

There's No Healthy Life Possible Without Some Sensual Feeling Between The Husband And Wife, But There's Nothing In The World More Awful Than Married Life When It's The Only Common Ground.

One Of The Many Things Nobody Ever Tells You About Middle Age Is That It's Such A Nice Change From Being Young.