Literacy is the door to knowledge, essential to individual self-esteem and empowerment. Books, in all forms, play an essential role here.

There are no immovable barriers to education.

I have lived long enough to learn that the worst kind of beings, are human beings.

I'm a competitive person but I have never understood people's competitiveness at the expense of their colleagues.

America hates the artist. It will not admit: the artist is my soul and I want to kill off my soul.

Self respect is something that can't be killed. The worst thing is to kill a man's pretense at it.

The study of the past with one eye upon the present is the source of all sins and sophistries in history. It is the essence of what we mean by the word "unhistorical."

Disobedient parents are a great trouble to their children.

This is a time to unify, this is a time to heal.

A wanton eye is a messenger of an unchaste heart.

The laws of science do not distinguish between the past and the future.

American-style iced tea is the perfect drink for a hot