For Tolstoy . . . anything that human beings do has its glory. . . . I think he can be said to have hated nothing that ever happened.

The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.

If you look around the table and you can't tell who the sucker is, it's you.

Any piece of knowledge I acquire today has a value at this moment exactly proportional to my skill to deal with it. Tomorrow, when I know more, I recall that piece of knowledge and use it better.

Respect for the Truth is an acquired taste.

Nothing in man is more serious than his sense of humor; it is the sign that he wants all the truth.

The art of reading is the art of adopting the pace the author has set. Some books are fast and some are slow, but no book can be understood if it is taken at the wrong speed.

Bring ideas in and entertain them royally, for one of them may be the king.

Our best chance for happiness is education.

There are two statements about human beings that are true: that all human beings are alike, and that all are different. On those two facts all human wisdom is founded.

There is one thing we can do, and the happiest of people are those who do it to the limit of their ability. We can be completely present.

Just handle the books gently and you’ll get along fine.

Whole world is not looking for religion, it is looking for its own safe side.

My brother, he says. My brother is dead."And again he asks me to kill him. One more time before he falls to his knees and sobs. And i get it. I do. Because i have a brother too.

Tradition was safety

Frederick Buechner is one of my favorite writers. The Eyes of the Heart is beautiful and wise, full of insight, charm, and tenderness.

The Nobel Peace Prize is not awarded for what one has done, but hopefully what one will do.

No one could reach Amy Winehouse before it was too late. Can anyone reach Washington before it's too late? Both addicted - same fate?

We can have eternal life if we want it, but only if there is nothing else we want more.

Your possibilities are unlimited, but it all begins with the deliberate choice to think differently.

A lot of things come together to make up a song. It's just images.