When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'

Gourmet: Usually little more than a glutton festooned with credit cards.

We evaluate others with a Godlike justice, but we want them to evaluate us with a Godlike compassion.

Time is love, above all else. It is the most precious commodity in the world and should be lavished on those we care most about.

A university is not, primarily, a place in which to learn how to make a living; it is a place in which to learn how to be more fully a human being, how to draw upon one's resources, how to discipline the mind and expand the imagination; how to make some sense out of the big world we will shortly be thrown into.

We believe what we want to believe, what we like to believe, what suits our prejudices and fuels our passions.

Perseverance is the most overrated of traits, if it is unaccompanied by talent; beating your head against a wall is more likely to produce a concussion in the head than a hole in the wall.