Mastery Is Not Something That Strikes In

We Cannot Have Islands Of Excellence In A Sea Of Slovenly Indifference To Standards.

Some People Seem To Believe That For Each Problem There Is A Solution Readily Available - A Solution That Can Be Promptly Achieved By Passing A Law And Voting Some Money. I Think Of This As The Vending Machine Concept Of Social Change. Put A Coin In The Machine And Out Comes A Piece Of Candy. If There Is A Social Problem, Pass A Law And Out Comes A Solution.

In The United States, To An Unprecedented Degree, The Individual's Social Role Has Come To Be Determined Not By Who He Is But By What He Can Accomplish.

Some People Strengthen The Society Just By Being The Kind Of People They Are.

The [nonprofit] Sector Enhances Our Creativity, Enlivens Our Communities, Nurtures Individual Responsibility, Stirs Life At The Grassroots, And Reminds Us That We Were Born Free.