We Do Not Choose Survival

The Majority Of People Don't Want To Plan. They Want To Be Free Of The Responsibility Of Planning. What They Ask For Is Merely Some Assurance That They Will Be Decently Provided For. The Rest Is A Day-to-day Enjoyment Of Life. That's The Explanation For Your Father Divines; People Naturally Flock To Anyone They Can Trust For The Necessities Of Life... They Are The Backbone Of A Community--solid, Trust-worthy, Essential.

If You're Old, Don't Try To Change Yourself, Change Your Environment.

Your Liberals And Radicals All Want To Govern. They Want To Try It Their Way- To Show That People Will Be Happier If The Power Is Wielded In A Different Way Or For Different Purposes. But How Do They Know? Have They Ever Tried It? No, It's Merely Their Guess.

A Fourth-grade Reader May Be A Sixth-grade Mathematician. The Grade Is An Administrative Device Which Does Violence To The Nature Of The Developmental Process.

A Culture Must Be Reasonably Stable, But It Must Also Change, And It Will Presumably Be Strongest If It Can Avoid Excessive Respect For Tradition And Fear Of Novelty On The One Hand And Excessively Rapid Change On The Other.