We must not think of learning as only what happens in schools. It is an extended part of life. The most readily available resource for all of life is our public library system.

I often think of that when I hear people say that they haven't time to read.

If the attitude of the teacher toward the material is positive, enthusiastic, committed and excited, the students get that. If the teacher is bored, students get that and they get bored, quickly, instinctively.

I can fairly be called an amateur because I do what I do, in the original sense of the word - for love, because I love it. On the other hand, I think that those of us who make our living writing history can also be called true professionals.

Never assume that people in positions of responsibility are behaving responsibly.

Curiosity is what separates us from the cabbages. It's accelerative. The more we know, the more we want to know.

The source of our suffering has been our timidity. We have been afraid to think....Let us dare to read, think, speak, write.