To take the measure of oneself by reference to one's colleagues leads to envy or complacency rather than constructive self-examination.

Yale is a crucible in American life for the accommodation of intellectual achievement, of wisdom, of refinement, with the democratic ideals of openness, of social justice and of equal opportunity.

Yale's greatness carries an urgent need to guard against the fall of excellence into exclusivity, of refinement into preciousness, of elegance into class and convention.

The Wanderlust has got me... by the belly-aching fire

A strange thing, the human heart in general, and woman's heart in particular.

Existentialism isn't so atheistic that it wears itself out showing that God doesn't exist. Rather, it declares that even if God did exist, that would change nothing.

Why live in the darkness all your life? Why, if you are unhappy, if you are having a miserable time, why not just look at it? Why are you in the darkness? Look for the light. The light is within.

The next World War will be over water

Great God, grant that twice two be not four.

I believe that challenges can push us beyond what we might otherwise be able to accomplish.

I think if you get the opportunity to try and become the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world and you turn your back on it, then you're a bit of a fraud.

Troubled times do call for troubled songs, songs that unsettle our souls and our spirits unapologetically.

Without greater support for childcare, parents of young children may be forced to choose cheaper, poor quality care for their children or fail to provide it entirely.