"History will judge us by the difference..." - Quote by Nelson Mandela

“One effect of sustained conflict is to narrow our vision of what is possible.”

“Where people of goodwill get together and transcend their differences for the common good, peaceful and just solutions can be found even for those problems which seem most intractable.”

“I found solitary confinement the most forbidding aspect of prison life. There is no end and no beginning; there is only one's mind, which can begin to play tricks. Was that a dream or did it really happen? One begins to question everything.”

“There are two things parents should give their children roots and wings. Roots to give them bearing and a sense of belonging, but also wings to help free them from constraints and prejudices and give them other ways to travel (or rather, to fly).”

“English history consists largely of royal people getting their heads chopped off...Needless to say, this brand of history was a hit with our son.”

“Too often we act - ask our schools to be truant officers, our teachers to be truant officers, because we're giving them children who have, you know, they're not ready to learn. And if they're not ready to learn by the third grade, they know they're behind.”

“Great men are meteors, consuming themselves to light the world”

“I always say, keep a diary and someday it'll keep you.”

“At Achilles tomb, O fortunate youth, to have found Homer as the herald of your glory!”