It really pains me greatly to hear from graduate students that graduate education is a lower priority here.

When ownership is local and national, and various stakeholders work together, program innovations have a greater chance to take root and survive.

I came to understand the value of education, not just to enable me to make a good living, but to enable me to make a worthwhile life.

There's nothing worse than a leader who lacks ambition.

Fear of failure is the fuel of achievement. If you weren't afraid to fail, you probably wouldn't be highly motivated to work at the level that most of us have to work at to do well.

The humanities don't belong to some elitist group... knowledge as a whole should be embraced.

the most important thing one can do for children is not accept the limitations they are so willing to impose on themselves.

Strategies for research and policy development must simultaneously address people's needs, the capacity of programs to provide good quality of care, and the range of technological options available.

There is strong mentoring of women in the academy. Corporations appear more willing to resist affirmative action to advance women, and boards and shareholders are more tolerant of this approach.

A longer time perspective is needed because we face a daunting task both in an intellectual and practical sense.

If I can give a very substantial injection of humanistic thinking into corporations, boy, that would change things a lot.

Happiness does not consist in self-love.

I doubt anything will really come of this lawsuit. First of all, it's a lawsuit. It involves a subpoena. And try to find a Republican who will be willing to be seen serving a black man.

You never know what's in a person's heart until they're tested, do you?

Once you know what it means to choose in favor of yourself, there is no power in the universe that can make you choose against yourself.

Anyone who thus looks up has some chance of becoming worthy to be looked up to in turn.

An individual without information can't take responsibility. An individual with information can't help but take responsibility.

I don't know what a collective is exactly. But maybe there's one guy who makes sure everything is clean. Maybe I'm that guy.

Acquiring a dog may be the only opportunity a human ever has to choose a relative.

My dad was a golden gloves boxer in the Marine Corps, then a deputy sheriff. My mom worked as an office assistant.

Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, but trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.