It is better to believe in men too rashly, and regret, than believe too meanly. Men could be more than they are, if they would try for it. He has shown them that.

To hate excellence is to hate the gods.

Is he weeping?" said the one with the softest heart.

Life's full of chances to hurt yourself or someone else.

Purely historical thought is therefore nihilistic: it wholeheartedly accepts the evil of history and in this way is opposed to rebellion.

I think everyone needs to be a role model, period.

I recently read some of the transcripts of Nixon's Watergate tapes, and they spent hours trying to figure out who was leaking and providing information to Carl and myself.

Everyone prays in their own language, and there is no language that God does not understand.

You have to do your thing no matter what anyone says. It's your life.

In fourth grade, I missed 82 days of school. Out of 160.

What were you two doing last night, discussing the national debt?

Sometimes, all it takes to save people from a terrible fate is one person willing to do something about it. Even if that "something" is a fake bathroom break.