In truth, I'm not really a cat person. Seamus, the wonder dog, still deeply mourned by all who knew him, was just about the only pet I've ever really loved.

Make sure your message is clear, yet that you are faithful to its complexity.

What matters are those ordinary acts of kindness and of love, not vaulting ambition with its attendant hubris and smugness.

Throughout history the exemplary teacher has never been just an instructor in a subject; he is nearly always its living advertisement.

The world is a library of strange and wonderful books, and sometimes we just need to go prowling through the stacks.

I sometimes lie awake at night and try to imagine what would be the best period in history to spend one's seventy-odd years.

Science fiction is, after all, the art of extrapolation.

Order and surprise: these are two intertwined elements that make for any great library or collection.

Best selling authors are always worth listening to, even if you choose to ignore their advice.

I am shocked that we seemed to have learned nothing, absolutely nothing, from Vietnam.

I think the essence of [Kurt] Vonnegut's humanism lay in his emphasis on human kindness as, so to speak, our saving grace.

Strive for perfection, knowing it will never be achieved.

You know that I love you quite a lot --But sometimes... not. Sometimes not.I don't know why.I guess IJust hate you sometimes, Because sometimes I even hate myself, And she loves you.

Man who is at the edge of a precipice has always a better chance to understand the universe than a man who is far away from that precipice!

Higher education is confronting challenges, like the economy is, about the need for a higher number of more adequately trained, more highly educated citizenry.

Here's kind of my motto - if you're not happy at home, you're not happy anywhere else.

Effective prayer is the fruit of a relationship with God, not a technique for acquiring blessings.

Horse is fine. I'll ride a horse.

I don't think labels are as important as results.

Happiness is total and complete satisfaction with yourself

Fear is the dream killer, the silent voice that pushes us to lose our passion in a vain attempt to seek safety.