I agree with the president [Barack Obama]. I've said myself, we will not send American combat troops back to either Syria or Iraq - that is off the table.

Don't let anybody tell you it's corporations and businesses that create jobs.

The American people are tired of liars and people who pretend to be something they're not.

In too many instances, the march to globalization has also meant the marginalization of women and girls. And that must change.

Islam is the fastest-growing religion in America, a guide and pillar of stability for many of our people.

You cannot have maternal health without reproductive health. And reproductive health includes contraception and family planning and access to legal, safe abortion.

There cannot be true democracy unless women's voices are heard. There cannot be true democracy unless women are given the opportunity to take responsibility for their own lives.

I really do hope that we have a woman president in my lifetime.

We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society.

Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights. Let us not forget that among those rights are the right to speak freely - and the right to be heard.

I have to confess that it's crossed my mind that you could not be a Republican and a Christian.

The risk I took was calculated, but, man, am I bad at math!

More and more I am learning to let go of urgency and to let my soul sink deeply and refreshingly into contemplation of the joy of the Spirit.

Listen to the voice of God and a time will come when you will have an inheritance of all nations

Perhaps being a Christian isn’t about experiencing the kingdom of heaven someday but about experiencing the kingdom of heaven every day.

i want to give up my bearings, slip out of who i am, shed everything, the way a snake discards old skin.

I will admit, like Socrates and Aristotle and Plato and some other philosophers, that there are instances where the death penalty would seem appropriate.

What is the most innocent place in any country? Is it not the insane asylum? These people drift through life truly innocent, unable to see into themselves at all.

Call the world if you please "the vale of soul-making." Then you will find out the use of the world.

If it's time for you to go, leave willingly - as you would to accomplish anything that can be done with grace and honor.

Estate agents: like them or loathe them, you'd be mad not to loathe them.