Knowledge is like money: To be of value it must circulate, and in circulating it can increase in quantity and, hopefully, in value.

Only one who has learned much can fully appreciate his ignorance.

Historical novels are, without question, the best way of teaching history, for they offer the human stories behind the events and leave the reader with a desire to know more.

The key to understanding any people is in its art: its writing, painting, sculpture.

Education is everywhere, prompting one to think, to consider, to remember.

A journey is time suspended.

Books are precious things, but more than that, they are the strong backbone of civilization. They are the thread upon which it all hangs, and they can save us when all else is lost.

Browsing through the shelves in bookstores or libraries, I was completely happy.

Personally, I do not believe the human mind has any limits but those we impose ourselves.

Our world is made up of a myriad of microcosms, of tiny worlds, each with its own habitues, every one known to the others.

Someone has said that culture is what remains with you after you have forgotten all you have read, and I believe there is much truth in that.

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

Step into the marketplace with some sizzle, spice, spunk and shazam!

The United States was a big country where everybody wore funny t-shirts and ate too much.

The essence of Hinduism is the same essence of all true religions: Bhakti or pure love for God and genuine compassion for all beings.

He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.

Morality will be very difficult for the man who does not pray.

We are odd compounds full of explosive material to which circumstances may at any time apply a spark, with results undreamed of even by those who thought they knew us best.

It is very good to be Olympic champion, but that is not the strongest field.

When our emotions are engaged, we often have trouble seeing things as they are.

Ghost stories ... tell us about things that lie hidden within all of us, and which lurk outside all around us.