We Cannot Have Islands Of Excellence In

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

The Society Which Scorns Excellence In Plumbing As A Humble Activity And Tolerates Shoddiness In Philosophy Because It Is An Exalted Activity Will Have Neither Good Plumbing Nor Good Philosophy: Neither Its Pipes Nor Its Theories Will Hold Water.

The Play Of Conflicting Interests In A Framework Of Shared Purposes Is The Drama Of A Free Society. It Is A Robust Exercise, And Often A Noisy One. It Is Not For The Faint-hearted, Or The Tidy-minded.

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.

Creativity Requires The Freedom To Consider 'unthinkable' Alternatives, To Doubt The Worth Of Cherished Practices. Every Organization, Every Society Is Under The Spell Of Assumptions So Familiar That They Are Never Questioned, Least Of All By Those Most Intimately Involved.