The calmed say that what is well-spoken is best; second, that one should say what is right, not unrighteous; third, what's pleasing, not displeasing; fourth, what is true, not false.
When a man fails to understand something he is conscious of a discord, and seeks for the cause of it not in himself, as he should, but outside himself - hence the war with what he does not understand.
Those instrumental goods which should serve to maintain the life and health of all human beings should be produced by the least possible labour of all.
When we treat people merely as they are, they will remain as they are. When we treat them as if they were what they should be, they will become what they should be.