The people can be forced to fear, but not to love.

Everyday decision-making around the world is constantly based on what came before us.

History serves as a model not only of who and what we are to be, we learn what to champion and what to avoid.

He that endureth to the end, shall be saved.

It's the circumstances that create fear. How you respond is all you can control. Concentrate on that, and you'll always succeed.

I love all of my children equally, all of my printed books, and each one bears a special piece of me. But the one Im most proud of is the one no one will ever see - the very first manuscript I ever wrote, back in 1990. It took me a year to do it.

A concerted effort to preserve our heritage is a vital link to our cultural, educational, aesthetic, inspirational and economic legacies - all of the things that quite literally make us who we are.