Perhaps The Most Striking Feature

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.

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.

Renewal Is Not Just Innovation And Change. It Is Also The Process Of Bringing The Results Of Change Into Line With Our Purposes.

Tax Reduction Has An Almost Irresistible Appeal To The Politician, And It Is No Doubt Also Gratifying To The Citizen. It Means More Dollars In His Pocket, Dollars That He Can Spend If Inflation Doesn't Consume Them First. But Dollars In His Pocket Won't Buy Him Clean Streets Or An Adequate Police Force Or Good Schools Or Clean Air And Water. Handing Money Back To The Private Sector In Tax Cuts And Starving The Public Sector Is A Formula For Producing Richer And Richer Consumers In Filthier And Filthier Communities. If We Stick To That Formula We Shall End Up In Affluent Misery.

We Pay A Heavy Price For Our Fear Of Failure. It Is A Powerful Obstacle To Growth. It Assures The Progressive Narrowing Of The Personality And Prevents Exploration And Experimentation. There Is No Learning Without Some Difficulty And Fumbling. If You Want To Keep On Learning, You Must Keep On Risking Failure-all Your Life.