Perhaps Harvard's greatest contribution to our nation is its requirement that its on-leave professors who want to keep their crimson seats must return from Washington after 24 months.

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.

Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.

Failure is success if we learn from it.

The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

The best vision is insight.

Presence is more than just being there.

Diversity: the art of thinking independently together.

If you've had a good time playing the game, you're a winner even if you lose.

Chasing a man is not winning. The only thing you win is the loss of your dignity. Confidence is knowing your value, instead of expecting a man’s love to provide you with value.

Don't let success go to your head and failure to your heart." - Will Smith.

I wondered what sort of woman loved a man like that.

Any education that doesn't allow you to think freely is not an education but a prison.

We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?

But it's also because of something personal. My mother and father met while playing chess, so I've always had a fondness for the game. If it weren't for chess, I might not be here.

The pleasures of spring are available to everybody and cost nothing.

I know that you've got to watch how you spend all the dollars. That's not the easiest thing to do. That's not what people think is the most fun thing to do, but it's the right thing to do.

The mark of a true crush... is that you fall in love first and grope for reasons afterward.

You were aimed from birth: you will never be alone... The whole wide world pours down.