What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.

Trust a crowd to look at the wrong end of a miracle every time.

By reading the writings of the most interesting minds in history, we meditate with our own minds and theirs as well. This is to me is a miracle.

A society, on occasion, can be the worst possible describer of mental health.

I propose that every person out of work be required to submit a book report before he or she gets his or her welfare check.

Vanity rather than wisdom determines how the world is run.

That's what is was to be young — to be enthusiastic rather than envious about the good work other people could do.

Women shouldn't be in combat, " said Vorkosigan, grimly glum. "Neither should men, in my opinion.

Excited about Black Friday. Also excited about Jew Tuesday.

I make myself strict rules in order to correct my nature. But it is my nature that I finally obey.

I believe it is our own misperceptions of who we really are that leads to every self-created hell you'll find in this world.

Love is in all things a most wonderful teacher.

There have been linkages between the Iraqi government and al-Qaeda going back more or less a decade.

I've never been reckless - it's always calculated. I'm mischievous, but I'm calculated.

I have always thought that being a good American is appreciating the world, not just your own country.

We just cared more about connecting the world than anyone else. And we still do today.

There is no such thing as a good or bad ad in isolation. What is good at one moment is bad at another. Research can trap you into the past.