What leaders have to remember is that somewhere under the somnolent surface is the creature that builds civilizations, the dreamer of dreams, the risk taker. And remembering that, the leader must reach down to the springs that never dry up, the ever-fresh springs of the human spirit.

The individual who has become a stranger to himself has lost the capacity for genuine self-renewal.

If our society continues at its present rate to become less livable as it becomes more affluent, we promise all to end up in sumptuous misery.

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

Leaders develop their styles as they interact with their constituencies. They move toward the style that seems most effective in dealing with the mixture of elements that make up their constituencies.

We need more than individual value systems; we need a shared vision. A nation is held together by shared values, shared beliefs, shared attitudes. That is what enables a people to maintain a cohesive society despite the tensions of daily life. That is what enables them to rise above the conflicts that plague any society.

Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life.