Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.

The [nonprofit] sector is the natural home of nonmajoritarian impulses, movements and values. It comfortably harbors innovators, maverick movements, groups which feel they must fight for their place in the sun, and critics of both liberal conservative persuasion.

The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursuing his education.

The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursing his own education. This will not be a widely shared pursuit until we get over our odd conviction that education is what goes on in school buildings and nowhere else.

Our problem is not to find better values but to be faithful to those we profess.

An excellent plumber is infinitely more admirable than an incompetent philosopher.

It is hard to feel individually responsible with respect to the invisible processes of a huge and distant government.