

“[S]cience has contributed a great deal to war and violence, and people well trained in science are sometimes not entirely rational and are even dogmatic. We have to find a way to teach reflectively, not just scientifically.”
― Peace Education: How We Come to Love and Hate War
― Peace Education: How We Come to Love and Hate War

“It still amazes me that we insist on teaching algebra to all students when only about 20 percent will ever use it and fail to teach anything about parenting when the vast majority of our students will become parents.”
― Peace Education: How We Come to Love and Hate War
― Peace Education: How We Come to Love and Hate War
“nothing would happen if someone didn’t lead with a bit of spirit.”
― The Infinite Air
― The Infinite Air

“It's often about the simple things, isn't it? Painting and photography are first about seeing, they say. Writing is about observing. Technique is secondary. Sometimes the simple is the most difficult.”
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“I think that if we can find the words, and if we can find someone to tell them to, then perhaps we can see things differently. But I had no words, and I had nobody. - 153”
― Astrid and Veronika
― Astrid and Veronika
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