You can't learn to play the piano without playing the piano, you can't learn to write without writing, and, in many ways, you can't learn to think without thinking. Writing is thinking. To write well is to think clearly. That's why it's so hard.

America faces an enemy who believes in enforced ignorance. And all that we stand for is the open mind, the generous spirit, the ideal of tolerance, freedom, education, opportunity.

Nothing ever invented provides such sustenance, such infinite reward for time spent, as a good book.

Home is really where education does begin.

The fulfilling life, the distinctive life, the relevant life, is an achievement... To do whatever you do for no reason other than you love it and believe in its importance.

My wife, the star I steer by.

It was a day and age that saw no reason why one could not learn whatever was required - learn vitally anything - by the close study of books.