Quite possibly, this depressive illness was the familiar sort that grew from perfectionist expectations.

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

...there is a myth called objective reality - we think an impersonal world exists apart from us - it doesn't - it needs us to be ...

Either, you are in love with someone or you're not. Fear is complicated, not love.

The only day I remember of my parents' marriage was the day my dad walked out. As I stood there at five years old, with my older sister and younger brother, I knew that he was gone.

For the world is Hell, and men are on the one hand the tormented souls and on the other the devils in it.

I think the advantage of democracy is that it makes us less dependent on a group of leaders.

What you have in your head, put down on paper. The head is a fragile vessel.

We can no longer allow multi-nationalists to parade as agents of progress and democracy in the newspapers, even as they subvert it at the workplace.

An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life—becoming a better person.

After the chills and fever of love, how nice is the 98.6 degrees of marriage.

If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes-then learn how to do it later!