All of us deserve a greater peace of mind, knowing that our children are better protected wherever they are.

Louis Braille created the code of raised dots for reading and writing that bears his name and brings literacy, independence, and productivity to the blind.

Along with you, I have witnessed the unfortunate rise in gasoline prices that has accompanied the summer driving season and the more recent spike in prices due to Hurricane Katrina.

Opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge stands to not only increase the United States' oil reserves by nearly 50 percent, but it will create thousands of good U.S. jobs.

Before we move forward with new efforts to lower the barriers to international free trade, we must review the consequences of the policies of the past and address the problems of the present.

We not only have a legal obligation to honor our commitments, we have a moral obligation to provide the coverage we promised to provide to these people.

Contentment isn’t something that just happens to you, Regan Lee, it’s a choice. You have to want exactly what you have.

There is no such thing as perfection and it is okay for you to have negative thoughts.

It takes but one person, one moment, one conviction, to start a ripple of change.

In 2003, I almost died of an intestinal blockage when I was on a mountain in Chile, filming a segment for 'Scientific American Frontiers.'

Suffering ignites the spark of contact with the sublime and offers proof of humanity.

Mostly people are ignorant, what is the language of painting. You know, they're ignorant. It is so difficult to make them aware, but time will teach them.

If you feel depressed you shouldn't go out on the street because it will show on your face and you'll give it to others. Misery is a communicable disease.

Beware of bartering the Word of God for a more suitable conception of your own.

Only the river is free, always changing but always the same.

Dauntless: being brave in the midst of fear.