He had to pause for his usual misgivings.

The author points out that the moral failure of Abigail Adams' brother focused her on disciplining her children, and herself, so that they did not come to the same end.

No sermon I have heard or read touched my heart with half the force of this puppet show. John Quincy Adams

Shakespeare's work had a liberating influence.

John Quincy Adams strove to escape commonplace thoughts.

Rather than pound or a national mind that he believed had been closed by his critics, John Quincy Adams decided to seek a place in the is the esteem of future generations.

The two grappled in the quiet of old-fashioned personal diplomacy.

John Quincy Adams' depression was treated by his aunt with some reliable remedies, first sleep and then compassion. She said, " He was half cared for by having someone to care for him.

The president notices that when he takes off his coat to dig, people take more notice of the visual than they did his preceding remarks.

He must become an apprentice to ordinary life.

I carry too much of the week into the Sabbath, and too little of the Sabbath into the week. John Quincy Adams

World history is a court of judgment

We teach what we need to learn. And we teach it until we get it.

We also self-inflict violence, because violence is our only way of relating to the world, to others and to ourselves.

We love our country, not because it is perfect in everything, but it manages to touch our heart despite all its imperfections in everything!

It has long been recognized that an essential element in protecting human rights was a widespread knowledge among the population of what their rights are and how they can be defended.

The proverbist knows nothing of the two sides of a question. He knows only the roundness of answers.

Any creator owes a debt to past creation.

I had a great childhood, a very close-knit family. We were all overweight, and we had good times eating together, I imagine.

I know life is hard, I think everyone knows that in their hearts, but why dos it have to be cruel, as well? Why does it have to bite?

Do each daily task the best we can; act as though the eye of opportunity were always upon us.