I think too often in our society parents, who may have good impulses, overreach and try to mold and shape and direct their child.

The way things are does not determine the way they ought to be

Self-knowledge is like lost innocence; however unsettling you find it, it can never be 'unthought' or 'unknown'.

The simplest way of understanding justice is giving people what they deserve. This idea goes back to Aristotle. The real difficulty begins with figuring out who deserves what and why.

Democracy does not require perfect equality, but it does require that citizens share in a common life.

To argue about justice is unavoidably to argue about virtues, about substantive moral and even spiritual questions.

Whether you're a libertarian liberal or a more egalitarian liberal, the idea is that justice means being non-judgmental with respect to the preferences people bring to public life.

Aiming at giving our kids a competitive edge in a consumer society - that, in principle, is a goal that is limitless.

You can't go wrong with fish and chips.

What intrigued me most was not the technology as such but the questions about the human goods, the fundamental human values and virtues that are raised by debates over biotechnology.

The most fateful change that unfolded during the past three decades was not an increase in greed. It was the expansion of markets, and of market values, into spheres of life where they don’t belong.

It is God’s desire that every one of us is involved in serving Him with all our heart and soul

...learning always occurs in a context of taking action, and they value engagement and experience as the most effective strategies for deep learning.

Have nothing to do with coaches. In fact, if you should see one coming, go and hide behind the pavilion until he goes away.

The purpose of terrorism is to terrorize. It's to change the behavior of the people that are being terrorized.

Art should never try to be popular.

Of all the songs I've recorded, 'Amarillo By Morning' always sticks out in my mind.

The memory is sometimes so retentive, so serviceable, so obedient-at others so bewildered and weak-and at others again, so tyrannic, so beyond control!

I'm giving everyone involved 24 hours to make it right or the world will hear how I really feel.

I got a scholarship to Seattle University and I was writing arrangements for singers and everybody. But the music course was too dry and I really wanted to get away from home.

If God did not act first, no one would be saved.