A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching.

Universities are not here to be mediums for the coercion of other people, they're here to be mediums for the free exchange of ideas.

The professionals must set a good example.

For me, baseball is the most nourishing game outside of literature. They both are re-tellings of human experience.

Teaching is an instinctual art, mindful of potential, craving of realizations, a pausing, seamless process.

I'm not going to sit here now and say 'do this,' or 'do that.' But you must - must - expunge any vestige of racism.