"Words Alone are Not Enough"
The other day in the paper there was a story about a child who drowned. The child who was playing with him ran out into the street and raising his hands begged for help. It was out of the question for the drivers to knock him off the road so thy stopped for him, but not a single person would help and save his friend. Stories like this fill the papers every day! On the train going to work someone will be acting up, but everyone pretends not to see.
"It's not my problem." "If I get involved, there'll be trouble." With this kind of thinking, there's not even a chance that the world will improve. Just by saying, "Oh, that poor child," or, "How can they do such a bad thing?" nothing is solved. Words alone are not enough, but perhaps trying to do something is what's needed.
(At the Instructors Seminar, October 1969)
