I am entirely certain that twenty years from now we will look back at education as it is practiced in most schools today and wonder that we could have tolerated anything so primitive.

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For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred.

For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred.

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

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

Whoever I am, or whatever I am doing, some kind of excellence is within my...

Whoever I am, or whatever I am doing, some kind of excellence is within my...

Storybook happiness involves every form of pleasant thumb-twiddling; true happiness involves the full use of...

Storybook happiness involves every form of pleasant thumb-twiddling; true happiness involves the full use of...

When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the...

When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the...

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

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

The hallmark of our age is the tension between aspirations and sluggish institutions.

The hallmark of our age is the tension between aspirations and sluggish institutions.

America's greatness has been the greatness of a free people who shared certain moral commitments....

America's greatness has been the greatness of a free people who shared certain moral commitments....

Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.

Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.

The idea for which this nation stands will not survive if the highest goal free...

The idea for which this nation stands will not survive if the highest goal free...

Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders...

Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders...

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

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

It is hard to feel individually responsible with respect to the invisible processes of a...

It is hard to feel individually responsible with respect to the invisible processes of a...

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

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

Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.

Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.

All laws are an attempt to domesticate the natural ferocity of the species.

All laws are an attempt to domesticate the natural ferocity of the species.

Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.

By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.

By education I mean that training in excellence from youth upward which makes a man...

By education I mean that training in excellence from youth upward which makes a man...

"Success" sparkles and shines as green lustrous "Excellence" only if attained each time in a...