I would never stay in office against the will of the people. My ethics and patriotism do not allow me to do so.

Any person by nature has inherent capabilities. You have to trust your instincts and act with spontaneity.

When I see that people want to listen to me and when I feel that they are supporting the goals that I am committed to, then I am very pleased.

Don't listen to anyone but me

A simple life freely given in love can transcend the boundaries of place and time, stretching across oceans and extending beyond continents and decades.

Maybe I naively subscribed to the foolish notion that my love could save him. Whatever the reason, I entered the room and sank to the carpet beside that sad and broken boy.

Faith is like electricity. You can't see it but you can see the light.

If we stick together as an American people we can bring down the war criminals that are running our country right now.

Believing in Hell must distort every judgement on this life.

Of course, I do not believe in having everyone who is a liberal called a communist, or everyone who is conservative called a fascist.

[...]when two people have become present to each other, the waiting of one must be able to cross the narrow line between the living or dying of the other.

I'll always remember Jean Paul Gaultier, who did a project based on Madonnas, remarking on the images, "Yours are much better." Gaultier is really smart, so it's good getting a compliment from him!

At Yale we don’t just want to make new things, we want to make things better.

One must obey the man whom the city sets up in power in small things and in justice and in its opposite.