The creative individual has the capacity to free himself from the web of social pressures in which the rest of us are caught. He is capable of questioning the assumptions that the rest of us accept.

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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....

One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing...

One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing...

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

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

The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in...

The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in...

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.

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...

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...

Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.

Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.

Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary...

Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary...

Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we...

Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we...

Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

More and more Americans feel threatened by runaway technology, by large-scale organization, by overcrowding. More...

More and more Americans feel threatened by runaway technology, by large-scale organization, by overcrowding. More...

It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been...

It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been...

Know yourself, and dont allow yourself to change for anybody, or let anybody change you,...

Know yourself, and dont allow yourself to change for anybody, or let anybody change you,...

We must show that liberty is not merely one particular value but that it is...

We must show that liberty is not merely one particular value but that it is...

Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making...

Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making...