I hate those Socratic dialogues where everything gets drawn out at the pace of an excessively logical snail.

There isn't an end point to excellence where you have it and you can stop. Being your best self means keeping on trying.

...he spent whole days and nights over his books

First kisses were about discovery, transformation, wonder.

It is the spur of ignorance the consciousness of not understanding and the curiosity about that which lies beyond that are essential to our progress.

In the morning, my alarm clock is a chorus of lemurs yelling!

The Russian people deserve free and fair elections. They deserve to have a democracy.

Fill you mind with the meaningless stimuli of a world preoccupied with meaningless things, and it will not be easy to feel peace in your heart.

Kids are natural little outdoor people. It is we, the adults, who turn them into indoor people. If you don't get of fyour computer, why should they?

When I was in college, I had a friend who was an artist and her theory was that all the best art in the world is funny/sad. That was her favorite genre. Funny/sad are probably my two favorite tones.

Every one who has labored honestly in the past has aided to place knowledge and comfort within the reach of a constantly increasing number.

Ideas are worthless. Execution is everything.