We make our own criminals, and their crimes are congruent with the national culture we all share. It has been said that a people get the kind of political leadership they deserve. I think they also get the kinds of crime and criminals they themselves bring into being.

we came to realize that a civilization which rode roughshod over the way of life of other peoples was incorporating evil in its own way of life.

The most extraordinary thing about a really good teacher is that he or she transcends accepted educational methods. Such methods are designed to help average teachers approximate the performance of good teachers.

The need to find meaning...is as real as the need for trust and for love, for relations with other human beings.

You know you love someone when you cannot put into words how they make you feel.

No society that feeds its children on tales of successful violence can expect them not to believe that violence in the end is rewarded.

Be who you really are, do what you want to do, in order to have what you really want.