[John Adams] diary, of course, is even more revealing of his feelings. Both his letters to [his wife] Abigail and his diary tell us what he really thinks about people and events.

History is the queen of the humanities. It teaches wisdom and humility, and it tells us how things change through time.

The relationship between [John] Adams and [Tomas] Jefferson was extraordinary. They differed on every conceivable issue, except on the Revolution and the love of their country.

[Benjamin] Franklin may be a great philosopher, [John Adams] told his diary in 1779, but "as a Legislator in America he has done very little."

By 1782 [John Adams] had come to feel for [Benjamin] Franklin "no other sentiments than Contempt or Abhorrence."

If history teaches anything, it teaches humility.

Americans, [John Adams] wrote in 1780, believed that their "revolution is as much for the benefit of the generality of Mankind in Europe, as for their own."

More than any other figure in our history [Tomas] Jefferson is responsible for the idea of American exceptionalism.

[Tomas] Jefferson believed that the United States was a chosen nation with a special responsibility to spread democracy around the world.

It was [John's Adams] Massachusetts constitution if anything that influenced people.

[John Adams' writings] had indicted the United States for slavishly copying the English constitution by erecting bicameral legislatures in their state constitutions, most drafted in 1776.

Compare your life only with the commandments of God.Be like God. He is the mighty being that dwells in you.

Because of Mother Nature, Humans become Conscious Beings.

True beauty is in the mind; and the expression of the features depends more upon the moral nature than most persons are accustomed to think.

He's my client, and he's counting on me. I'll take him, warts and all.

The unexpected always happens.

There is much to be learned from the little kids and from the little animals! Little things teach us big things! Small candles too challenge the huge darknesses!

Pain never really goes away; you just elevate and get used to it by growing stronger.

I don't put the pressure on myself to be a very successful movie star. I want to enjoy being an actor and I want to be challenged by the roles I take.

The talkers and writers resent being left on the sidelines by the doers.

There are women who have completely transformed my view of fashion.