"A resilient spirit knows that every step forward is a victory over stagnation."

"The last function of reason is to recognize that there are an infinity of things which surpass it."

"The tapestry of existence shows us that every challenge is an invitation to grow stronger."

"Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is habit not natural? I am very much afraid that nature itself is only a first habit, just as habit is a second nature."

"I'm a history nut."

"Our world is so glutted with useless information, images, useless images, sounds, all this sort of thing. It's a cacophony, it's like a madness I think that's been happening in the past twenty-five years. And I think anything that can help a person sit in a room alone and not worry about it is good."

"Creativity is seeing what everyone has seen, but thinking what no one else thought. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history."

"I think it was my study of history that convinced me that the Democratic Party was more on the side of the average American."