Morality only is eternal. All the rest is balloon and bubble from the cradle to the grave.

Your education never stops and college is just the beginning. You come out of college with a huge advantage in that you've ideally and more times than not you've come out with a love of learning and that's what matters above all.

I think it's best to pick a biographical subject who lives to a ripe old age. Older people tend to relax and speak their minds. They're dropping some of the masks that they've been wearing. There's a candor.

History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.

We all know the old expression, "I'll work my thoughts out on paper." There's something about the pen that focuses the brain in a way that nothing else does. That is why we must have more writing in the schools, more writing in all subjects, not just in English classes.

Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.

There's an awful temptation to just keep on researching. There comes a point where you just have to stop, and start writing.