Value education--Fourth Dimension Editorial

The main problem with value education is not in knowing but living. Most of us know what are the right values. But values are mere words unless and until they are internalized in our consciousness and lived in our behaviour and action. An intellectual wakening to values through rational analysis is helpful as a beginning but not enough. A lasting moral change can be achieved only through an inner discipline which transforms our character and life. Next to this inner discipline, the other important aids in value education are stories and examples of role models - individual as well as institutions - who can inspire in us the conviction and the confidence that these values can be lived in our daily life.
These are the two factors: inner discipline and the living example of role models which are essential for an effective and dynamic value-education.