Why should I clutter my mind with general information when I have men around me who can supply any knowledge I need?

Don't find fault, find a remedy.

Coming together is a beginning keeping together is progress working together is success.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the aeroplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

Writing starts with living.—Rumors of Water: Thoughts on Creativity & Writing

True inspiration unfolds itself, not by force or it becomes fake. True intuition is also the ability to be observant.

The United States has the burden to lead for peace. And not just peace - we need peace with justice, a much harder goal.

Language, identity, place, home: these are all of a piece - just different elements of belonging and not-belonging.

Speech ... is an invention of man's to prevent him from thinking.

Nobody's perfect. I'm perfectly flawed.

A hamburger by any other name costs twice as much.

Books should to one of these fours ends conduce, for wisdom, piety, delight, or use.

I thank my dad for my mental longevity and for the fact we played against better competition.

Reading is the basic springboard for learning. And books provide the liftoff. They are the great equalizer, opening up new worlds to everyone.