I gave up on cussing - I'd run out of words filthy enough - and just started praying.

Don’t worry, pray!

Knowledge (curriculum) and behavior (pedagogy) are embedded in everyone’s core beliefs about the nature of God, humanity, and the world.

I would adopt a standpoint, irrespective of whether someone was for or against it, if I felt deeply that it was right for the movement.

Acting is a reflex, a mechanism for development and survival. . . . It isn't 'second nature,' it is 'first nature.'

It might be scary because you're taking a risk, but at the end of the day you can say you tried.

Integrity in all things precedes all else. The open demonstration of integrity is essential.

I saved a girl from being attacked last night. I controlled myself.

Do I need to be liked? Absolutely not. I like to be liked. I enjoy being liked. I have to be liked. But it's not like a compulsive need to be liked. Like my need to be praised.

Greatness is contagious...You'll catch it if you get around it.

Constitutional democracy has created astonishing and apparently irreversible social progress. All we're interested in is talking about when government doesn't work.