I think it does suggest that the American people really do want to listen to somebody who actually has some solutions, some answers, and gives them some hope.

I really think that's the key, part of the spiritual renewal that America needs to have, the notion that we really can have confidence in a better tomorrow.

Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face.

We must invest in infrastructure development and rebuilding communities to create jobs.

There are a number of steps that we can take to reinvigorate and rebuild the economic and the physical infrastructure of our country and then to rebuild us, frankly, on a spiritual level.

I was the only person of color in the Senate, and my colleagues were Strom Thurmond, Jesse Helms and Trent Lott.

Magic lies in challenging what seems impossible.

There are no permanent friends or permanent enemies, just permanent interests.

It's time to take the 'Men Only' sign off the White House door.

It's not impossible for a woman - a Black woman - to become President.

My parents were always philosophizing about how to bring about change. To me, people who didn't try to make the world a better place were strange.

Children are gifts. They are not ours for the breaking. They are ours for the making.

One man's word is no man's word we should quietly hear both sides.

If you do not believe in a personal God, the question: 'What is the purpose of life?' is unaskable and unanswerable.

When I was a child, I wanted to be an actor, but I had really bad buck teeth. I didn't want to get braces, but my mom said I couldn't be an actor if I didn't get the braces. So, I got the braces.

Your life isn't out of control. It's expanded.

How important is it really that you feel satisfied right now for 2 minutes, compared to getting yourself free from addiction forever?

If you want to be your own master ... always be surprised by evil; never anticipate it.

Things get better--hurt less--over time. If you let them.

Children don't play outside enough. For hundreds of thousands of years young people spent time outside - until 15 years ago.

No university on Earth gives master's degrees of living, of happiness. How strange! We seem to be missing the essential, the all-encompassing knowledge for which universities were originally created!