The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast, and you miss all you are traveling for.

Who mentioned the Church? On the contrary, I have great respect for religion. My objection is to those who are against so many things and for so little.

If you want to be creative, go where your questions lead you.

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

Historical novels are, without question, the best way of teaching history, for they offer the human stories behind the events and leave the reader with a desire to know more.

For one who reads, there is no limit to the number of lives that may be lived.

Books are the building blocks of civilization, for without the written word, a man knows nothing beyond what occurs during his own brief years and, perhaps, in a few tales his parents tell him.