I now know how Tojo felt when he was planning Pearl Harbor.

There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?

Every time you stand up for an ideal, you send forth a tiny ripple of hope.

I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil. Government belongs wherever evil needs an adversary and there are people in distress.

There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?

While free markets tend to democratize a society, unfettered capitalism leads invariably to corporate control of government.

Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.

Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.

Too often we honor swagger and bluster and the wielders of force; too often we excuse those who are willing to build their own lives on the shattered dreams of others.

It is the essence of responsibility to put the public good ahead of personal gain

In your hands lies the future of your world and the fulfilment of the best qualities of your own spirit.

There is nothing anti-intellectual in the leap of faith, for faith is not believing without proof but trusting without reservation.

No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.

I believe in nonjudgmental love

My friend is not perfect-no more than I am-and so we suit each other admirable.

I tend to build bulk and muscle easily, and running seems to make sure I stay kind of stringy, if that makes sense.

Listen to the people on the ground. They have all the solutions in the world.

Human life is a continuous thread which each of us spins to his own pattern, rich and complex in meaning. There are no natural knots in it. Yet knots form, nearly always in adolescence.

To compose a subject well means no more than to see and present it in the strongest manner possible.

I will embrace today's difficult tasks, take off my coat, and make dust in the world.

I started learning the piano at the age of 4 or 5, so I think I already liked music then.