Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.

Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all.

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

Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community.

Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants.

True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents.

Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.

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

The cynic says, "One man can't do anything". I say, "Only one man can do anything."

If you have some respect for people as they are, you can be more effective in helping them to become better than they are.

Perhaps the one unanswerable question in life is why so many of us choose to live in a fantasy world of our own creation that offers us nothing but pain.

You only need to make one big score in finance to be a hero forever.

Every time a child's promise is cut short by their legal status, our country wastes precious resources and loses talent we need.

When I was young I had no means or time, and now I have the means and time, I have no youth.

I love the ACLU and I'm concerned now, especially when it comes to our rights, with current politics and the religious community and the Conservative majority or minority - I don't know who they are.

Meet the difficult while it is easy.

The Negro's problem will not be solved by running away.

Historically whoever advocates truth always suffers. I am just a fighter for the truth. Our truths are universal

How quickly one accepts the incredible if only one sees it enough.

Time needs another minute.