"Energy directed with unwavering focus can bend the arc of destiny. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Fear will knock at every door; only those with resolved hearts refuse to let it enter. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The foundation of joy is the canvas of tomorrow is painted with the actions of today."

"It is a humble truth that a visionary sees the unseen possibilities in the heart of common struggles."

"Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him."

"Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace."

"The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesus. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules, whose would you use?"

"I just finished my homework fast, I was bored to death. There wasn't 500 channels so there was a thing for a librarian to teach a kid like me about reading. I started reading early and I read all the time, because I love it."