What interests us about the past is at least partly a function of what bothers us or makes us curious in the present.

I've got libraries in my blood.

You do these movies, you give it out to the world and you really have no idea how people are going to react to you.

People take different roads seeking fulfilment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.

Not one of the good-to-great companies focused obsessively on growth.

I hope to continue writing. I hope to continue teaching.

God knows how ardently I wish I had ten lives.

Morals refine manners, as manners refine morals.

Happiness is not about the trophy, or the finish line. It's the journey. If you enjoy your journey, you can enjoy your life

Being a man given to oratory and high principles, he enjoyed the sound of his own vocabulary and the warmth of his own virtue.

Trying to find a human side to the character is a way to give them a chance to have people like them.