In the small group then is where we shall find the inner meaning of democracy, its very heart and core.

We should never allow ourselves to be bullied by an either-or. There is often the possibility of something better than either of these two alternatives.

Experience may be hard but we claim its gifts because they are real, even though our feet bleed on its stones.

I am convinced that any feeling of exaltation because we have people under us should be conquered, for I am sure that if we enjoy being over people, there will be something in our manner which will make them dislike being under us.

... orders come from the work, not work from the orders.

It is possible to conceive conflict as not necessarily a wasteful outbreak of incompatibilities, but a normal process by which socially valuable differences register themselves for the enrichment of all concerned.

Many people tell me what I ought to do and just how I ought to do it, but Few have made me want to do something.