I'd rather be a pessimist because then I can only be pleasantly surprised.

Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.

The modesty in a sect is perhaps a singular instance in the history of mankind, every other sect supposing itself in a position of all truth, and that those who differ are so far in the wrong; like a man traveling in foggy weather, those at some dist

Always do what you're afraid to do"-Robert F. Kennedy

You've got to marinate your head, in that time and culture.
You've got to become them."
(Speaking about researching, and reading, and immersing yourself in History)

Each second of every time has its own story and history to be filed.