"The first books I was interested in were all about baseball. But I can't think of one single book that changed my life in any way."

"I can't say that I've changed anybody's life, ever, and that's the real work of the world, if you want a better society."

"I recognize that I had a good deal of good luck in my life. I came along at a time when it was pretty easy to get a job in journalism. I went to work at CBS News when I was about 22, and within a year or so was reporting on the air."

"Good teachers know how to bring out the best in students."

"To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man - and also a nation."

"He who conquers his inner doubts has already won half the war. Such is the immutable nature of understanding."

"He who seeks peace must remember that the simplest acts of love resonate the loudest."

"The atomic bomb certainly is the most powerful of all weapons, but it is conclusively powerful and effective only in the hands of the nation which controls the sky."