“Instead of thinking that you put pieces together that will add up to a whole, I think you have to start with the premise that they're already together and you try to keep from destroying life by segmenting it, overorganizing it and dehumanizing it. You try to keep things together. The educative process must be organic, and not an assortment of unrelated methods and ideas.” ThinkingTryingIdeasWholeTogetherProcessPiecesMethodAddDestroyingPremises Author:Myles Horton
“I also knew that if people have a position on something and you try to argue them into changing it, you’re going to strengthen that position. If you want to change people’s ideas, you shouldn’t try to convince them intellectually. What you need to do is get them into a situation where they’ll have to act on ideas not argue about them.” PeopleIfsWantNeedsTryingIdeasSituationPositionArguingConvince Author:Myles Horton
“If you only try to do the things where you win, then you'll never try to do anything worth doing.” IfsTryingWinningStruggleLife StruggleAnything Worth Doing Author:Myles Horton