As I watched my grandfather work with people who were impoverished, I began to understand that to be truly human, one must serve.

The assumption of all education is that learning will be directed toward constructive ends and I'm convinced that colleges should support students in their determination to be useful, self-sufficient, and productive.

Our most consequential human problems will be resolved, not through competition, but collaboration... what we need in education is a learning climate in which students work together. In such an atmosphere, truth emerges as authentic insights are conscientiously exchanged.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if every home had good books instead of knick-knacks and plastic flowers on the bookshelves? And wouldn't it be great if every child heard good speech and received thoughtful answers to their questions instead of 'be quiet' or 'go to bed'?

A poor surgeon hurts one person at a time. A poor teacher hurts 130.

I am suggesting that quality in undergraduate education means giving students a perspective that is global.

The connectedness of things is what the great university is all about, and I believe the great university in the coming century will be described as a community of scholars.