"We are all the heroes of our own stories."

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them—and then, the opportunity to choose.

The only constant is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.

The pace of change will never be slower than it is today.

I’m the worst thing since Elvis Presley to do black music so selfishly and use it to get myself wealthy.