I have an appetite for silence.

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all.

I am out with lanterns, looking for myself.

We turn not older with years but newer every day.

I hope you love birds too. It is economical. It saves going to heaven.

If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves. You can gain more control over your life by paying closer attention to the little things.

I must go in, the fog is rising.

A good roommate may be the single most important thing to have when one is away at school.

Bring me the sunset in a cup.

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.

Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.

When the competent men of the system are compelled to quit, the system will soon quit itself.

Whatever you went through in past equipped you for today. What you experience now prepares you for the future.

There is no enemy that respect and love will not conquer. The moral authority for survival comes from respect.

[T]he success of democracy depends, in the end, on the reliability of the judgments we citizens make, and hence upon our capacity and determination to weigh arguments and evidence rationally.

Just because you've made mistakes doesn't mean your mistakes get to make you. Take notice of your inner critic, forgive yourself, and move on.

Faith's only function is to receive what grace offers.

It's bad when you fail morally. It's worse when you don't repent.

I think what we've done is given children a lot of things that they didn't ask for instead of what they do want.

Lawlessness is lawlessness. Anarchy is anarchy is anarchy. Neither race nor color nor frustration is an excuse for either lawlessness or anarchy.

You be as truthful as you can to a specific situation, and it will become universal.