Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

GNP measures neither our courage, our wisdom neither our compassion. It measures everything except what makes life worthwhile

People are selfish. But they can also be compassionate and generous, and they care about the country. But not when they feel threatened. That’s why this is such a crucial time. We can go in either direction. But if we don’t make a choice soon, it will be too late to turn things around. I think people are willing to make the right choice. But they need leadership. They’re hungry for leadership.

The future is not a gift: it is an achievement. Every generation helps make its own future. This is the essential challenge of the present

Perhaps to some extent we have lost sight of the fact that LSD can be very, very helpful in our society if used properly.

It is not more bigness that should be our goal. We must attempt, rather, to bring people back to...the warmth of community, to the worth of individual effort and responsibility...and of individuals working together as a community, to better their lives and their children's future.

Like it or not, we live in interesting times. They are times of danger and uncertainty; but they are also the most creative of any time in the history of mankind. And everyone here will ultimately be judged - will ultimately judge himself - on the effort he has contributed to building a new world society and the extent to which his ideals and goals have shaped that effort.