I wasn't brought up to be dazzled by money or fame.

It was good to walk into a library again; it smelled like home.

The heart does not go backward. Only the mind.

When you handle books all day long, every new one is a friend and a temptation.

It was not the brutality of what occurred next that changed my mind and brought home to me the full meaning of fear. It was the brilliance of it.

The problem is simply finding the right person. Ask Plato. Just make sure she finishes your thoughts and you finish hers. That's all you need.

As you know, human history is full of evil deeds, and maybe we ought to think of them with tears, not fascination.

...History it seemed could be something entirely different a splash of blood whose agony didn't fade overnight or over centuries.

It's funny; in this era of e-mail and voice mail and all those things that even I did not grow up with, a plain old paper letter takes on amazing intimacy.

There is nothing harder, at moments, than talking to someone who has all the power of silence.

...what will we someday do, I always wonder, without the pleasures of turning through books and stumbling on things we never meant to find?

In success formula, master of history is the master builder of tomorrow

This wise man observed that wealth is a tool of freedom. But the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.

I have always been interested in politics. I was in the student union before, very active.

I dont make it a practice to respond to reports in the social media but occasionally it is necessary.

You can tune a guitar, but you can't tuna fish. Unless of course, you play bass.

I am not what is called a civilized man, professor. I have done with society for reasons that seem good to me. Therefore I do not obey its laws.

It is by extending oneself, by exercising some capacity previously unused that you come to a better knowledge of your own potential.

Stop, collaborate and listen.

Winning is not everything - but making the effort to win was... If you can't accept losing, you can't win.

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