I try to act out of faith.

Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.

You just need to be a flea against injustice. Enough committed fleas biting strategically can make even the biggest dog uncomfortable and transform even the biggest nation.

The question is not whether we can afford to invest in every child; it is whether we can afford not to.

Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.

You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day.

Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.

It's time for greatness - not for greed. It's a time for idealism - not ideology. It is a time not just for compassionate words, but compassionate action.

Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can hear it in others.

The future which we hold in trust for our own children will be shaped by our fairness to other people's children.

To succeed, with or without money, have deliberate plans to make success out of opportunity. If you are totally dependent on chance, then chances are that you will fail.

The very least thing one should learn at the university is how to reach new knowledge.

It is time to be old To take in sail.

I request reason for your golden rule and ask the why and wherefore of your ten commandments.

In Iran the whole reform and democracy movement has been based on the emerging free press.

I still have room to improve ... there are things I could do better.

The suffering of our people is greater than our differences. We are not yet free at last, so there is work to be done.

I can't pick out one single book that had such a profound personal impact.

To me, songs come of their own volition - and with an open-ended philosophy.

The quieter we become, the more we can hear.