We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure.

Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all.

The cynic says, "One man can't do anything". I say, "Only one man can do anything."

The hallmark of our age is the tension between aspirations and sluggish institutions.

Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants.

We cannot have islands of excellence in a sea of slovenly indifference to standards.

But if we believe what we profess concerning the worth of the individual, then the idea of individual development within a framework of ethical purpose must become our deepest concern, our national preoccupation, our passion, our obsession. We must think of education as relevant for everyone everywhere - at all ages and in all conditions of life.