“Another thing is, people lose perspective. It is a cultural trait in America to think in terms of very short time periods. My advice is: learn history. Take responsibility for history. Recognise that sometimes things take a long time to change. If you look at your history in this country, you find that for most rights, people had to struggle. People in this era forget that and quite often think they are entitled, and are weary of struggling over any period of time”

“Remember, your history is a total mystery. Sometimes it seems that a lot is happening in a short period of time – and, sometimes it seems that nothing is happening for a long period of time – it’s the same thing.”

“Few people can claim they are born into the right period of history. Most of us have to make do with the times we find ourselves in.”

“War is sometimes described as long periods of boredom punctuated by short moments of excitement. History is often similar, if rather safer.”

“This is one thing they forget to mention in most child-rearing books, that at times you will just lose your mind. Period. ”

“Most people think it takes a long time to change. It doesn’t. Change is immediate! Instantaneous! It may take a long time to decide to change…but change happens in a heartbeat!”