A lot of what we experience as strength comes from knowing what to do with weakness. Nickel and Dimed On (Not) Getting By in America

Hope is essential to any political struggle for radical change when the overall social climate promotes disillusionment and despair.

For anyone worn down, The Impossible Will Take a Little While is a bracing double cappuccino.

Considering the absence of legal coercion, the surprising thing is that men have for so long, and, on the whole, so reliably, adhered to what we might call the breadwinner ethic.

Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia.

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.

The 'working poor,' as they are approvingly termed, are in fact the major philanthropists of our society.

There is a vast difference between positive thinking and existential courage.

No one should be incarcerated for debt or squeezed for money they have no chance of getting their hands on.

Poverty is not a character failing or a lack of motivation. Poverty is a shortage of money.

Personally, I can't see why it would be any less romantic to find a husband in a nice four-color catalogue than in the average downtown bar at happy hour.

Why write stories? To join the conversation.

Creative thinking encompassed by the Word of God infuses into you the divine ability to turn the seemingly ugly situation around.

Man usually sees what he is looking for

Make happy those who are near and those who are far will come.

I have the humor of a 9-year-old boy, and sometimes I've had laughing fits on-air.

Peace surely is a good reason, yes. But there are other reasons too.

We need art. We've been telling stories since the beginning. As human beings, we need it for our survival.

Everyone must live, and everyone must express themselves, and must express themselves in the way of their karma.

The effort you put forth to anything transcends yourself, for there is no futility even in death.

George W. Bush will not offer one word of criticism for any president. Not Clinton. Not Obama.