"The surest way to corrupt a youth..." - Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

“Truth is the kind of error without which a certain species of life could not live. The value for life is ultimately decisive.”

“Surrounded by the flames of jealousy, the jealous one winds up, like the scorpion, turning the poisoned sting against himself.”

“If you know the why, you can live any how.”

“Let the questions be the curriculum.”

“I think education is power. I think that being able to communicate with people is power. One of my main goals on the planet is to encourage people to empower themselves." Another "I was raised to believe that excellence is the deterrent to racism and sexism. And that's how I operate my life." And another "It does not matter who you are or where you came from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always.”

“Education is not the means of showing people how to get what they want. Education is an exercise by means of which enough men, it is hoped, will learn to want what is worth having.”

“The good news is I think there are a lot of young people certainly who were involved in my campaigns, and I think continue to be involved in work not just politically, but through nonprofits and other organizations, that can carry this hard work of democracy forward.”

“In [my] youth I was smacked around.”

“There's a crystallization that goes on in a poem which the young man can bring off, but which the middle-aged man can't.”