The passion to get ahead is sometimes born of the fear lest we be left behind.

Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping. We see our past achievements as the end results of a clean forward thrust, and our present difficulties as signs of decline and decay.

A ruling intelligentsia, whether in Europe, Asia or Africa, treats the masses as raw material to be experimented on, processed, and wasted at will.

In human affairs, the best stimulus for running ahead is to have something we must run from.

Intolerance is the ''Do Not Touch'' sign on something that cannot bear touching. We do not mind having our hair ruffled, but we will not tolerate any familiarity with the toupee which covers our baldness.

Unlimited opportunities can be as potent a cause of frustration as a paucity or lack of opportunities.

We can never have enough of that which we really do not want.