The pull, the attraction of history, is in our human nature. What makes us tick? Why do we do what we do? How much is luck the deciding factor?

Only those who [do] nothing [make] no mistakes.

Develop and protect a moral sensibility and demonstrate the character to apply it. Dream big. Work hard. Think for yourself. Love everything you love, everyone you love, with all your might. And do so, please, with a sense of urgency, for every tick of the clock subtracts from fewer and fewer...

And read… read all the time… read as a matter of principle, as a matter of self-respect. Read as a nourishing staple of life.

A leader must look and act the part.

I just thank my father and mother, my lucky stars, that I had the advantage of an education in the humanities.

Books can change your life. Some of the most influential people in our lives are characters we meet in books.