I have long been convinced that families are the primary agents of social change in any society.

The consumption society has made us feel that happiness lies in having things, and has failed to teach us the happiness of not having things.

There is no time left for anything but to make peace work a dimension of our every waking activity.

When three generations are present in a family, one of them is bound to be revolutionary.

Why is it that we are born remembering, and live forgetting?

We must look towards societies that set a high value on nonaggression and noncompetitive ness, and therefore handle conflicts by nonviolent means. We can see how child rearing patterns produce nurturing adult behaviors.

Storytelling bridges the generational gaps in ideology.