It is in the whole process of meeting and solving problems that life has meaning. Problems are the cutting edge that distinguishes between success and failure. Problems call forth our courage and our wisdom; indeed, they create our courage and our wisdom. It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually. It is through the pain of confronting and resolving problems that we learn.

One extends one's limits only by exceeding them.

We cannot solve life's problems except by solving them.

Teach us to number our days aright.

God wants us to become himself or herself or itself. We are growing toward Godhood. God is the goal of evolution.

Children will, in my dream, be taught that laziness and narcissism are at the very root of human evil, and why this is so. . . . They will come to know that the natural tendency of the individual in a group is to forfeit his or her ethical judgment to the leader, and that this tendency should be resisted. And they will finally see it as each individual's responsibility to continually examine himself or herself for laziness and narcissism and then to purify themselves accordingly.

The key to community is the acceptance, in fact the celebration of our individual and cultural differences. It is also the key to world peace