About this quote

In Rediscovering Lost Values (1954), King uses a collective appeal to examine honesty, with attention to begin, wonder, enough. The practical center is the relationship between wisdom and wonder and enough, giving readers a specific lens for judgment and action.

When to use it

• A community organizer builds a meeting around begin before participants choose one measurable action related to honesty.
• A teacher pairs the passage from Rediscovering Lost Values (1954) with a primary-source exercise about wisdom and public responsibility.
• A team leader uses the tension between wonder and enough to discuss conduct under pressure.