It is no longer correct to regard higher education solely as a privilege. It is a basic right in today's world.

The essence of man is imperfection. Failure is simply a price we pay to achieve success. If we learn to embrace that new definition of failure, then we are free to start moving ahead - and failing forward.

We have learned to live in a world of mistakes and defective products as if they were necessary to life. It is time to adopt a new philosophy in America.

A casual attitude toward human hurt and pain is the surest sign of educational failure.

Education fails unless the Three R's at one end of the school spectrum lead ultimately to the Four P's at the other-Preparati on for Earning, Preparation for Living, Preparation for Understanding, Preparation for Participation in the problems involved in the making of a better world.

Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

The purpose of education is to enable us to develop to the fullest that which is inside us