"It is a great pleasure to transport..." - Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

“True happiness springs from moderation.”

“The threshold is the place of expectation.”

“Desire is the presentiment of our inner abilities, and the forerunner of our ultimate accomplishments.”

“But something stirred across the country because of what happened in Selma, Alabama, because some folks were willing to march across a bridge. And so they [my parents] got together, Barack Obama Jr. was born. So don't tell me I don't have a claim on Selma, Alabama. Don't tell me I'm not coming home when I come to Selma, Alabama.”

“Living in a state of terror was new to many white people in America, but black people have been living in a state of terror in this country for more than 400 years.”

“Germany collapsed as a result of having engaged in a struggle for empire with the concepts of provincial politics.”

“Man is a creative animal, doomed to strive toward a goal, engaged in full-time engineering.”

“Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better.”

“Smaller societies must prepare the way for greater.”