We are complex, and therefore, in our natural state, inconsistent, beings, and the opinion of this hour need not be the opinion of the next.

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.

We enter the world alone, we leave it alone.

The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.

As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.

Carelessness is inexcusable, and merits the inevitable sequence.

Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.

The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.

Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.

The better one is morally the less aware they are of their virtue.

Personal growth by tackling the ‘big-picture” through focusing on the things you have power to influence is more effective and less stressful.

For a ten-year-old boy and a ten-year-old girl to become good friends was not easy under any circumstances. Indeed, it might be one of the most difficult accomplishments in the world.

Evil never goes unpunished, Monsieur. But the punishment is sometimes secret.

Shiloh showed him what he could ask of his men, and indeed what he MUST ask of them.

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.

Purpose should determine approach. At the end of the day, it's what we do, not what we purposed to do, that defines our lives and reputations.

Those who write as they speak, even though they speak well, write badly.

My hope is to never act again and just do press.

To envy is to draw circles that isolate us from others, to take small, bitter trips that diminish the traveler.

The technology itself is not transformative. It's the school, the pedagogy, that is transformative.