To live your life in the fear of losing it is to lose the point of life.

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.

It's been my experience, Langford, that the past always has a way of returning. Those who don't learn, or can't remember it, are doomed to repeat it.

Under the broken promises of superpowers and under the worlds indifference to spilled Arab blood.

Well, we're living in a material world, and I'm a material girl... or boy.

It is a reality attested by all history that if a republic assumes imperial functions it will not remain a republic.

I don't think I've read any of the books that have been written about me.

I know all about improvisation and the free-form that mirrors the chaos of our time, but I do like to feel that the playwright has done some work before I got there.

One of the main reasons for the conflict in Syria, and the terrorism that it's spawned, is climate change and drought.

One should not be too severe on English novels; they are the only relaxation of the intellectually unemployed.

I think that simply nudging yourself into unfamiliar settings - physical or emotional - can produce surprising results on the writing front.

The Internet is part of this ongoing, species-long project we've been working on since we climbed down out of the trees in the savanna. We've been working on it without really knowing it.