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.

History isn't just what happened, but what happened to whom and why and what would have been different if the cast of characters had been different.

He had kept his head, kept his health and his strength, bearing up under a weight of work and worry that only a few could have carried.

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...

Nothing ever invented can you a bigger life than a book.

I love Dickens. I love the way he sets a scene.

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.