Hindsight is not only clearer than perception-in-the-moment but also unfair to those who actually lived through the moment.

Each suicidal drama occurs in the mind of a unique individual.

Mourning is one of the most profound human experiences that it is possible to have.

Death--some form of termination--is the universal ending of all living things; but only man, by virtue of his verbally reportable introspective life, can conceptualize his own cessation.

As you grow and develop your talent and skill – you must begin to create a demand for what you possess as a personal brand.

Ninja mom's understand that training time is never wasted time.

But when reality was hopeless, fantasy became more and more necessary.

The civil rights movement was very important in my house, and then Vietnam was very important 'cause there were two boys, so I came of age during a very heated political climate.

Decide exactly what you want and resolve to persist, no matter what, until you achieve it.

It requires greater virtues to support good fortune than bad.

Then there are most of my students who don't know a whole lot about love. You don't know what fun love is. I will remain inaccessible to you until you learn how to love.

An educated, enlightened & informed population is one of the surest ways of promoting the health of a democracy

The Congress is pretty powerful if it wants to be.

My new year's resolution is definitely to quit smoking. I need to do it.