What is education but a conditioning of the mind to a society and a way of life.

Knowledge was not meant to be locked behind doors. It breathes best in the open air where all men can inhale its essence.

Beware of those who would use violence, too often it is violence they want and neither truth nor freedom.

If you wait for inspiration, you're not a writer, but a waiter.

Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on

Men strive for peace, but it is their enemies that give them strength, and I think if man no longer had enemies, he would have to invent them, for his strength only grows from struggle.

One thing has always been true: That book or that person who can give me an idea or a new slant on an old idea is my friend.