Children's games are hardly games. Children are never more serious than when they play.

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.

Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.

Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health.

Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

Where there is the slightest insistence, there is no religion there!

The foremost calling of the human brain is to script a safe, secure, and joyous future for a person.

Silence often speaks louder than words. To be heard is nice to be understood is divine.

Let the Moon and the Stars pour their healing light on you...

I am lucky enough to have Aaron Sorkin write what I have to say.

We made America more respected around the world, took on the mantle of leadership in the fight to protect this planet for our kids, and much, much more.

It's incredibly painful to think back to the time I had to come back to work. I was so, so needed at home. Like the vast majority of people in America, I couldn't take unpaid leave.

I'm fascinated by Catholic mystics, even though I grew up Mennonite in Pennsylvania.

Fools carry their daggers in their open mouths.

I try to keep my voice in writing, and I think that's why I get so many complaints about how I write.