I feel that as much as I enjoy loafing, there is something higher for which to live.

To shut yourself from history is to shut yourself off from say music or painting or the theatre, literature for the rest of your life. It would be to cheat yourself of the pleasures of life.

Read. Read every chance you get. Read to keep growing. Read history. Read poetry. Read for pure enjoyment. Read a book called Life on a Little Known Planet. It's about insects. It will make you feel better.

I love all sides of the work but that doesn't mean it isn't hard.

I feel that as much as I enjoy loafing, there is something higher for which to live.

Every book is a new journey. I never felt I was an expert on a subject as I embarked on a project.

When the founders wrote about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, they didn't mean longer vacations and more comfortable hammocks. They meant the pursuit of learning. The pursuit of improvement and excellence. In hard work is happiness.