"Life is an adventure in forgiveness."

"A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas - a place where history comes to life."

"Hope is independent of the apparatus of logic."

"We will not have peace by afterthought."

"I had a huge advantage when I started 50 years ago - my job was secure. I didn't have to promote myself. These days there's far more pressure to make a mark, so the temptation is to make adventure television or personality shows. I hope the more didactic approach won't be lost."

"A resilient spirit knows that character is forged in the fires of discipline."

"You have a nice personality, but not for a human being."

"It is a unyielding truth that the moral compass points true only when freed from the magnetism of personal gain."