He had kept his head, kept his health and his strength, bearing up under a weight of work and worry that only a few could have carried.

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.

The problem with doing nothing is that you never know when you're finished.

To have extreme, laser-like focus, you must be willing to reject a lot of opportunities, even if they sound great.

War is like a fire - if you do not put it out, it will burn itself out.

And thank you for saying all of that, and for loving me, for you haven't gone unloved, or unadmired, yourself.

In literature as in love we are astounded by what is chosen by others.

That there's no more important decision in life than who you marry.

It's a significant question: should black people only adopt black children, and white people white children?

I learned that you go through things, you deal with them and that's what empowers you and ultimately makes you a happy person.

I don’t think teens make mistakes when they fall in love. You experience what you experience and you take away what you can from it; it is very human.

And besides, if Perl really takes off in the Windows space, I think the rest of us would just as soon have a double-agent within ActiveState.