All patriarchal societies are either preparing for war, at war, or recovering from war.

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then it dawned on me . . they’re cramming for their final exam.

I thought about how mothers feed their babies with tiny little spoons and forks so I wondered, what do Chinese mothers use? Toothpicks?

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

Some people have no idea what they're doing, and a lot of them are really good at it.

All the media and the politicians ever talk about is things that separate us, things that make us different from one another

Don’t just teach your children to read… Teach them to question what they read. Teach them to question everything.

In America, anyone can become president. That's the problem.

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

There is a planet named Pluto, but we don't have one named Goofy. Goofy would be a good name for this planet. It certainly qualifies.

Be like the bird that passing on her flight awhile on boughs too slight feels them give way beneath her and yet sings knowing that she hath wings.

God declared me righteous!

Ends the policy of catch and release at the border, requires other countries to take back their criminals.

God is much in the difficult home problems as in the times of quiet and prayer.

May we never risk the life of our souls by being resentful or by bearing grudges.

The human being is not the lord of beings, but the shepherd of Being.

I'm a highly flawed individual, as we all are, and because I was raised by Jesuits, I'm constantly, 'What is it about me and what I can do to be better?'

I was worried about my mom more than I was worried about the president. And then I was worried about the president, and then I was worried about myself.

All through my writing life I've had this impulse to write autobiographical works.

Run forward when possible, walk ahead when you can, stagger onward when you must, but never cease your forward movement.