We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure. It is a powerful obstacle to growth. It assures the progressive narrowing of the personality and prevents exploration and experimentation. There is no learning without some difficulty and fumbling. If you want to keep on learning, you must keep on risking failure-all your life.

History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always feels uncomfortable.

Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and leaders one can hear in the next county. Some find strength in eloquence, some in judgment, some in courage.

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.

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

Renewal is not just innovation and change. It is also the process of bringing the results of change into line with our purposes.