Hope is soothing, but it can become deceptive if we cling to it as the last resort against reality.

Life is a mighty joke that is not meant to be funny.

It is easier for an ambitious friend to become an enemy than for an enemy to become a friend. It is even easier to make friends than you can find people to trust as friends.

A man’s true world should be the space and people that enrich his soul,

True heroes and ideas never fall in the final sense of the word. They can only encounter temporary setbacks in their difficult journey to progress and success,

Fear is a basic human instinct and an indicator of the gravity of a situation. It becomes an asset if it is effectively controlled. It becomes a weakness for a man if he lets it prevail over him.

Lies and partial truths complicate life.

Human ties are the greatest distorters of reality because they tend to conceal man’s worst selfish instincts.

Expose human ties for what they really are and you are most likely to find the worst forms of betrayal staring back at you.

There are times in life when we need to allow a sad memory to run its course.

A revolutionary who is out to defeat his enemies could use their weapons, but not their rules.

Paint the sky of life with colors that only you can create!

I just wasn't cut out to be a Chinese Tiger Mom. I'm more of an Irish Setter Dad.

Ive always been pretty energetic.

All four of my grandparents were educators, my mom was a school nurse, and I went through the public school system.

How do you show up for your relationships? Are you healthy or crippled? Are you prepared or needy? Are you ready to give or too tired to talk?

Meditation is the movement of love. It isn't the love of the one or of the many. It is like water that anyone can drink out of any jar.

I still am a virulent anti-communist. It is a bad system, an immoral system, and one that takes away the rights of people and the rights of individuals. And everywhere it's gone, it's failed.

Medicare will usher in federal programs that will invade every area of freedom as we have know it in this country.

Stars veil their beauty soon / Beside the glorious moon, / When her full silver light / Doth make the whole earth bright.

There is in true Beauty, as in Courage, somewhat which narrow Souls cannot dare to admire.