Washington was a man of exceptional, almost excessive self-command, rarely permitting himself any show of discouragement or despair.

Climb the mountain not to plant your flag, but to embrace the challenge, enjoy the air and behold the view. Climb it so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.

To me history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn't just part of our civic responsibility. To me it's an enlargement of the experience of being alive, just the way literature or art or music is.

Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.

Never assume that people in positions of responsibility are behaving responsibly.

Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.

And read… read all the time… read as a matter of principle, as a matter of self-respect. Read as a nourishing staple of life.

History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.

Books can change your life. Some of the most influential people in our lives are characters we meet in books.

My wife, the star I steer by.

Courage is contagious. If a leader shows courage, others get the idea.

There are two ways of meeting difficulties. You alter the difficulties or you alter yourself to meet them.

I tell people that we must have the courage to share what we feel, but no one follows me.

Give thanks for what had been given to you, However little. Be pure, never falter.

Many people fail not so much because of their mistakes; they fail because they are afraid to try.

Orphan Black is the new black.

Bipartisanship is nice, but it cannot be a substitute for action, not having it cannot prevent us from going forward.

I am the most unhappy soul alive." "I'd heard it said that fairies have no souls." "Then do I ache, and bleed, and smart, elsewhere; still, call it soul for it is solely mine.

As long as there is unemployment, war, crime and all things that go to the infliction of man's inhumanity to man, regardless - there is much to be done, and people need to work together.

Perfect is overrated. Perfect is boring." I smile. "You don't think I'm perfect?" "No. You're delightfully screwy, and I wouldn't have you any other way.

Our attention to each breath keeps us in the now.