Certainly, anybody who says, "in the eyes of God," is pretentious.

Ultimately evil is done not so much by evil people, but by good people who do not know themselves and who do not probe deeply.

Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Every experience proves that the real problem of our existence lies in the fact that we ought to love one another, but do not.

There was a time when I had all the answers. My real growth began when I discovered that the questions to which I had the answers were not the important questions.

It's always wise to seek the truth in our opponents' error, and the error in our own truth.

Nationalism: One of the effective ways in which the modern man escapes life's ethical problems.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

Religion is so frequently a source of confusion in political life, and so frequently dangerous to democracy, precisely because it introduces absolutes into the realm of relative values.

Humor is a prelude to faith and laughter is the beginning of prayer.

You don't blame your shadow for the shape of your body, just the same, don't blame others for the shape of your experience.

I'm not telling women to be like men. I'm telling us to evaluate what men and women do in the workforce and at home without the gender bias.

Sacrifice, that's what we do for the people we love.

The satirist is prevented by repulsion from gaining a better knowledge of the world he is attracted to, yet he is forced by attraction to concern himself with the world that repels him.

Story is the vehicle we use to make sense of our lives in a world that often defies logic.

Often our bad moments are self-propelled ... And the drama is almost exclusively within our heads and hearts.

We think of politics in terms of power and who has the power. Politics is the end to which that power is put.

They say greatness skips a generation, but I think that's because the generation before helps too much.

Let us pray! God is just, he tries us; God is pitiful, he will comfort us; let us pray!