Freedom is not the ability to do whatever you want. Freedom is the strength of character to do what is good, true, noble, and right.

In fact, the more each person can remove his or her ego from the discussion and focus on the subject matter, the more fruitful the conversation will be for all involved.

Withholding love is a bit like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.

We are all a part of every person we have ever met.

Philosophy is fundamentally about how you come to terms with living your life and trying to do it in a wise manner, and, for me, that means decently and compassionately and courageously and so forth.

In a country where nature has been so lavish and where we have been so spendthrift of indigenous beauty, to set aside a few rivers in their natural state should be considered an obligation.

Man's spirit grows hungry for art in the same way his stomach growls for food.

The progressive notion of the state as a loving, caring parent is becoming a bipartisan affair.

I was fascinated by the effects that could be achieved by editing. The cutting room became a magic workshop for me.

We must create a climate where people agree that human beings are more alike than unalike. The only way to do that is through education.

One of the most exiting things about being pregnant is that I just am accepting the complete unknown; it's a complete mystery and miracle.

I was born in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, in 1917, May the 28th. So you can figure that out; that's a long ways off. Oh, I've been around a long time.

The sum and substance of education is the right training that effectually leads the soul of the child at play on to the love of the calling in its adult life.