"Since there will be no one left to talk peace after the next war, it makes good sense to break with tradition and hold the peace conference first."

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Words carry weight, and William Glasser's insight into politics is no exception. It serves as a gentle reminder that amidst the chaos of modern life, timeless wisdom still holds the power to guide our decisions and clarify our values.

About William Glasser

William Glasser was an American psychiatrist. He was the developer of W. Edwards Deming's workplace ideas, reality therapy and choice theory. His innovations for individual counseling, work environments and school, highlight personal choice, personal responsibility and personal transformation. Glasser positioned himself in opposition to conventional mainstream psychiatrists, who focus instead on classifying psychiatric syndromes as "illnesses" and prescribe psychotropic medications to treat mental disorders.

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"This is at the heart of all good education, where the teacher asks students to think and engages them in encouraging dialogues, constantly checking for understanding and growth."

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"If we had in this room a hundred teachers, good teachers from good schools, and asked them to define the word education, there would be very little general agreement."

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"It is a steadfast truth that the present moment is the only sanctuary where peace truly resides — an essential principle for the reflective life."

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"I am an anarchist in politics and an impressionist in art as well as a symbolist in literature. Not that I understand what these terms mean, but I take them to be all merely synonyms of pessimist."

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"He who conquers his inner doubts has already won half the war. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon — an essential principle for the reflective life."

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"It is a quiet truth that he who conquers his inner doubts has already won half the war — an essential principle for the reflective life."

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