But living in uncertain times does not mean San Franciscans must live in fear

San Francisco lags behind other communities in providing a vital, vibrant and ecologically sustainable urban canopy, as well as open space in the city.

Livable neighborhoods with a vibrant street life will stimulate our economic life as well.

San Francisco can no longer afford to be a city divided between downtown and neighborhoods, with a downtown that becomes a ghost town when workers go home for the evening

Involvement in the arts engages kids in their community, improves self-esteem, reclaims at-risk youth, and builds the creative skills that are required of a 21st century workforce

An arts education helps build academic skills and increase academic performance, while also providing alternative opportunities to reward the skills of children who learn differently.

Like any small business owner, I experienced the pressures of building a company from the ground up - developing a business plan, balancing the books, meeting payroll and building a customer base

The 21st Century has begun as an era of uncertainty, with a heightened focus on security and public safety.

Failure isn't something to be embarrassed about; it's just proof that you're pushing your limits, trying new things, daring to innovate.

This door's wide-open now. It's going to happen whether you like it or not.

Be willing to make bold decisions and be willing to make glorious mistakes. Learn from your mistakes, but you've got to be willing to make them first.

When you recognize or experience the truth about yourself you automatically feel love, because love is a quality of your true consciousness and true ideas.

Self-healing requires tremendous action, a willingness to go beyond the normative to discover something transcending.

The aunts’ conception of the right to privacy went far enough to allow you to close the toilet door when you were peeing, but no further.

Decide that you know what you think is good for you and go ahead and do it.

We must take the battle to the enemy, disrupt his plans, and confront the worst threats before they emerge.

"So basically, that entire theory is blown to hell."Not basically," Win corrected. "Entirely."

Beware of begging God for things you don't have to have.

Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Every object strives for its proper place. A book seeks to be near its truest admirer. Just as this helpless moth seeks to be near the candle that infatuates him.