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

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.

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.

Being able to endure is sometimes the key to survival.

What each culture views as the cause of madness is dependent on its world view.

Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.

At the end, killing is killing. Massacring is massacring.

The pearl on my beloved's neck, Afflicted sore the oyster!

A man once told me that you step out of your door in the morning, and you are already in trouble. The only question is are you on top of that trouble or not?

I don't really have a plan. I've lived a very big life, and I don't feel my age, and I feel like I was born to be a mother.

Imagine how happy, how holy, life would be if we ever really learn to see beauty.

Moderation in all things is best, but it's pretty hard to get excited about it.

When you look into the eyes of an animal youve rescued, you cant help but fall in love.