I think it's sort of an outrage that companies should have to hire firms to teach the college graduates they employ how to write.

As countries embrace mass higher education, the cost of maintaining universities increases dramatically relative to an elite system.

There is far too much law for those who can afford it and far too little for those who cannot.

The first country to adopt happiness as an official goal of public policy is the tiny little country of Bhutan in Asia near China and India.

I think one thing that does cause unhappiness is protracted anxiety and worry.

If you think the cost of education is high, think about ignorance.

I think any self-respecting educational institution ought to judge its policies by its best estimate of what their long-term consequences for their students and for the society will be.

There's a great deal of difference between thinking reflectively about moral issues and achieving higher standards of ethical behavior.

I suspect that no community will become humane and caring by restricting what its members can say.

The oldest of the arts and the youngest of the professions.

Universities are institutions run by amateurs to train professionals.

Being your true self can only come from separating your thinking from crowd mentality.

Enthusiasm is the best protection in any situation. Wholeheartedness is contagious. Give yourself, if you wish to get others.

It's so interesting that the romantic side of my life comes from my father, who I really didn't even know that well.

It is a most disgraceful shame the way in which Irishmen are brought up. They are ashamed of their language, institutions, and of everything Irish.

When I worked on 2001 - which was my first feature film - I was deeply and permanently affected by the notion that a movie could be like a first-person experience.

As bad as your situation may be, someone else always has it worse than you.

When I heard about the first Tomb Raider, I was very interested and I would have liked to have directed that. When I was approached for the second film, I was delighted.

Buddhists and Taoists of the mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan share the same roots and instructions and have always maintained sound exchanges.

Rest and activity are the steps of progress.

... Washington is, for one thing, the news capital of the world. And for another, it is a company town. Most of the interesting people in Washington either work for the government or write about it.