The creative individual is particularly gifted in seeing the gap between what is and what could be.

The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.

Life is an endless process of self-discovery.

Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community.

It is one of the ironies of history that reformers so often misjudge the consequences of their reforms.

Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.

All of us celebrate our values in our behavior.