I suspect that no community will become humane and caring by restricting what its members can say.

As countries embrace mass higher education, the cost of maintaining universities increases dramatically relative to an elite system.

There is far too much law for those who can afford it and far too little for those who cannot.

The first country to adopt happiness as an official goal of public policy is the tiny little country of Bhutan in Asia near China and India.

I think one thing that does cause unhappiness is protracted anxiety and worry.

If you think the cost of education is high, think about ignorance.

I think any self-respecting educational institution ought to judge its policies by its best estimate of what their long-term consequences for their students and for the society will be.

There's a great deal of difference between thinking reflectively about moral issues and achieving higher standards of ethical behavior.

The oldest of the arts and the youngest of the professions.

Universities are institutions run by amateurs to train professionals.

I won't say there aren't any Harvard graduates who have never asserted a superior attitude. But they have done so to our great embarrassment and in no way represent the Harvard I know.

Friendship is not by force but by choice.You can never please everybody, he who aims to please everybody will end up pleasing nobody.

So yes, I say things I regret constantly, and I just can't help it.

The highest result of education is tolerance

Only in more production and in new production can the American standard of living be increased and the economy be sound.

If John Kerry had a dollar for every time he bragged about serving in Vietnam - oh wait, he does.

The real triumph of civilization is the extent to which coercion is banished from human relations.

... I love books about freaks," because I am one. You might be, too. Let's be freaks together?

Only positive consequences encourage good future performances.

Multimillionaires cannot pay lower rates than their secretaries and other people working for them.

I think guys who are rebels and make their own rules are appealing.