Charles Van Doren

My total winnings after 14 appearances were $129,000. ”

I cannot take back one word or action; the past does not change for anyone. ”

Some of you read with me 40 years ago a portion of Aristotle's Ethics, a selection of passages that describe his idea of happiness. You may not remember too well. ”

The last part, the part you're now approaching, was for Aristotle the most important for happiness. ”

I hoped that it would be possible to slide slowly from my public life back to the life of teaching and writing that I had always wanted. But things didn't work out that way. ”