Civility also requires relearning how to disagree without being disagreeable. Surely you can question my policies without questioning my faith or, for that matter, my citizenship.

You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

Keep exploring. Keep dreaming. Keep asking why. Don’t settle for what you already know. Never stop believing in the power of your ideas, your imagination, your hard work to change the world.

When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don't really have to do anything, you just let them talk.

Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail.

Change is never easy, but always possible.

Don’t ever let anybody tell you that your efforts don’t matter or that your voice doesn’t count. Don’t ever believe that you can’t make a difference. You have.

Where you are right now doesn't have to determine where you'll end up.

Learning to stand in somebody else's shoes, to see through their eyes, that's how peace begins. And it's up to you to make that happen. Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.

If somebody is different from you, that's not something you criticize, that's something that you appreciate.

Most times, the best thing people deserve from us is our silence.speak through silence and it will be more powerful than harsh words

We hope you have found challenge in your path this morning.” -- Laniel, Abbot of Bilkar the Furred

I truly love Australia I miss Aussie kids and their attitude!

The billionaires pay an effective tax rate lower than nurses or truck drivers. That makes no sense at all. There has to be real tax reform, and the wealthiest and large corporations will pay.

A writer should never install himself before a panorama, however grandiose it may be.

Peace comes from being aligned with the present moment. Wherever you are, you feel that you are home—because you are home.

For all your days be prepared, and meet them ever alike. When you are the anvil, bear - when you are the hammer, strike.

The church's final word is not 'church' but the glory of the Father and the Son in the Spirit of liberty

I don't think I prefer writing for one age group above another. I am just as pleased with a story which I feel works well for very small children as I do with a story for young adults.

Feel your prayers, feel your mantra and you will feel God.