I want to put my hand out and touch you. I want to do for you and care for you. I want to be there when you're sick and when you're lonesome.

They seemed to come suddenly upon happiness as if they had surprised a butterfly in the winter woods.

The motions of her mind were as incalculable as the flit of a bird in the branches

The return to reality was as painful as the return to consciousness after taking an anesthetic

Evil…doesn’t mean doing things that have bad consequences for people. It means private thoughts and actions that are not to “the Christian majority’s” private liking.

Our little actions of love, when put together, can make a big difference.

The question is where are business ethics and morality if one of the parties wants to dishonor a binding contract, just because in retrospect it realizes it could perhaps have got a better price!

Suffering is above, not below. And everyone thinks that suffering is below. And everyone wants to rise.

Bringing up issues that are hard to deal with is a challenge for me, and I think that's what draws me to song writing.

Obama acknowledges his overreach openly every time he argues that he intends to do the job of an obstinate Republican congress.

We can't control forces of nature. But we can control what comes afterward. We have a chance to start fresh.

I think the International Criminal Court could be a threat to American security interests, because the prosecutor of the court has enormous discretion in going after war crimes.

Let the flower of compassion blossom in the rich soil of maître, and water it with the good water of equanimity in the cool, refreshing shade of joy.

Yeah, look, I think what we have with the social media and the digital media, and all the telecommunications we have today is a big megaphone, amplification.