Better have failed in the high aim, as I, Than vulgarly in the low aim succeed As, God be thanked! I do not.

Ambition is not what man does... but what man would do.

On the earth the broken arcs; in the heaven a perfect round.

Thou art my single day, God lends to leaven What were all earth else, with a feel of heaven.

Until his dying days, Steve Jobs could not only predict the direction the marketplace would be heading, but help drive it there.

Most of the debate over the cultures of death and life is about process. The debate focuses on the technology available to determine how we prolong life and how and when we end it.

Touch'd either the Passions of Rage or Grief to a Miracle.

I wanted to produce a book that would demonstrate not only the rich diversity of people who answered to Anders's command but also the extraordinary variety of their experiences and emotions: from death to despair, fear and longings and eventually to hope.