Creativity requires the freedom to consider unthinkable alternatives, to doubt the worth of cherished practices.

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.

Life is an endless process of self-discovery.

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

The man who once cursed his fate, now curses himself - and pays his psychoanalyst.

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.

Nothing can be more readily disproved than the old saw, "You can't keep a good man down." Most human societies have been beautifully organized to keep good men down.