It was a day and age that saw no reason why one could not learn whatever was required - learn vitally anything - by the close study of books.

Climb the mountain not to plant your flag, but to embrace the challenge, enjoy the air and behold the view. Climb it so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.

To me history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn't just part of our civic responsibility. To me it's an enlargement of the experience of being alive, just the way literature or art or music is.

Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.

Never assume that people in positions of responsibility are behaving responsibly.

Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.

And read… read all the time… read as a matter of principle, as a matter of self-respect. Read as a nourishing staple of life.

History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.

Books can change your life. Some of the most influential people in our lives are characters we meet in books.

My wife, the star I steer by.

Courage is contagious. If a leader shows courage, others get the idea.

Arthur blinked at the screens and felt he was missing something important. Suddenly he realized what it was."Is there any tea on this spaceship?" he asked.

Life is not about possessions, it is about purpose, perseverance and passion.

You must befriend a few skeletons before you'll find your deepest self.

Be very humble when you plan so that Krishna is happy with you.

So, all of us would do well to stop fighting each other for our space at the bottom, because there ain't no more room.

Don't worry about your future lives, past lives. Button up your shirt! Stand up straight! Go out and do something. Go out and have some fun. Be alive, change, dissolve, explode!

I feel that every time I get the ball at the moment I am going to score.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Then you've a hunch what the music meant . . . hunger and night and the stars.

I think of myself as a very lazy writer, though other people see it differently.