After I published a book called Lincoln's Virtues a wit said that my next book should be Lincoln's Vices. But in my opinion that would be a short book!

Abraham Lincoln had great clarity of mind and expression, and he worked to make it clearer -reading Euclid in his early 30s to train his mind.

Abraham Lincoln was not philosopher, exactly. But he did have a strong mind, which sought generalizations as well as particulars. He had a terrific memory.

There was specific constitutional provision for emergency measures in the case that Abraham Lincoln faced - an insurrection - which no other president has faced.

The US did not have any big supply of good generals in Civil War, and some it did have went with the rebels. If Robert E.Lee had stayed with his country the story would have been different.

It is not the outer objects that entangle us. It is the inner clinging that entangles us." - Tilopa

I have always said that I want Malawi to attain growth that should not just be seen in GDP, but in the growth of opportunities for all, protection for all, and equality for all.

I struggle immensely with celebrities of all kinds. I get clammy hands and turn a little purple.

I'm not an inventor. I just want to make things better.

Then my mother was taken ill and died and my father took me to St. Mary's.

The fire to pursue God, the zeal to know God, and the humility to allow God to do whatever He pleases with our lives.

If you want someone to develop a specific trait, treat them as though they already had it.

If you treat staff as your equal, they'll roll their sleeves up to get the job done.

I always wanted to play a Greek god in something.

While he bore no real resemblance to anyone in my family, his features were a collection of my mother's and father's best attributes, with a few of Gregory Peck's thrown in.