Whatever the context and whatever the audience, he was clear, he was committed, he was compassionate, and, far more often than most, he was right - or if not, at least on the side of the angels.

He combined scientific brilliance, political courage, and a stubborn, quirky single-mindedness in ways that... will probably always resist simple explanation.

Pauling scooped out a hollow on the narrow ledge and covered himself with a big map he carried in his pocket. He dared not sleep because of the cold. He counte…

Linus Pauling undoubtedly stands as one of the most influential scientists of the twentieth century.

Abraham Lincoln had a moral elevation most rare in a statesman, or indeed in any man.

Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.

To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.