“The arts, quite simply, nourish the soul. They sustain, comfort, inspire. There is nothing like that exquisite moment when you first discover the beauty of connecting with others in celebration of ...”

“So if a college education is indispensable, the challenge as I see it is how to make it more accessible.”

“I believe that it is higher education's purpose and calling to keep open the door to the American dream.”

“I often have said that to be a college president, you need a thick skin, a good sense of humor, and nerves like sewer pipes.”

“I tend to deal with most issues with humor... always have and always will.”

“I have to return some videotapes”

“In the present case it is a little inaccurate to say I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible to any public off...”

“...[G]reat progress was evident in the last Congress of the American 'Labour Union' in that among other things, it treated working women with complete equality. While in this respect the English, a...”

“In order to answer the question Where am I going? you need to not understand your mission, but also work at self-improvement”

“Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it”

“Has your soul a special mission? Yes. Your mission is in the inmost recesses of your heart, and you have to find and fulfil it there. There can be no external way for you to fulfil your mission. Th...”