What makes a nation great is not primarily its great men, but the stature of its innumerable mediocre ones.

Rancor is an outpouring of a feeling of inferiority.

We need to study the whole of history, not to fall back into it, but to see if we can escape from it.

The type of human being we prefer reveals the contours of our heart.

Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.

Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are.

Life is a series of collisions with the future.

I am I plus my surroundings; and if I do not preserve the latter, I do not preserve myself.

An 'unemployed' existence is a worse negation of life than death itself.

To wonder is to begin to understand.

We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself.

Mistakes help to sharpen your next steps. They don’t prove that you shouldn’t try again.

Having knowledge of an unethical act and allowing it to continue can spread a contagion that can affect multiple beings in society

It is difficult to get organic food at most restaurants, so when possible, eat at home. When not, do your best.

Don't ever put a guy in front of your friends. Friends are most important. And don't make a guy more important than yourself.

I loved education, and, yes, I did want to go on learning.

You cannot drive with your eyes in the rear-view mirror… But dignity is difficult to maintain. Stamina requires constant upkeep. Repetition is boring. And you pay for grace.

The United States has experienced high rates of inflation in the past and appears to be running the same type of fiscal policies that engendered hyperinflations in 20 countries over the past century.

Everyone has a transferable commodity-knowledge. Sharing your unique expertise and making introductions for someone creates a lasting legacy.

I'm going to teach you the art of swordsmanship-or in other words, how to totally kill someone with a sharp, pointy thing.

I'm looking for loopholes. (Said when caught reading the Bible.).