If we're not able to be alone, we're going to be more lonely. And if we don't teach our children to be alone, they're only going to know how to be lonely.

Technology doesn't just do things for us. It does things to us, changing not just what we do but who we are.

We expect more from technology and less from each other. We create technology to provide the illusion of companionship without the demands of friendship.

What is so seductive about texting, about keeping that phone on, about that little red light on the BlackBerry, is you want to know who wants you.

The feeling that 'no one is listening to me' make us want to spend time with machines that seem to care about us.

People are lonely. The network is seductive. But if we are always on, we may deny ourselves the rewards of solitude.

What technology makes easy is not always what nurtures the human spirit.

Human relationships are rich and they're messy and they're demanding. And we clean them up with technology. We sacrifice conversation for mere connection.

Everyone is always having their attention divided between the world of the people [they're] with and this other reality.

Computers are not good or bad; they are powerful.

Not every advance is progress. Not every new thing is better for us humanly.

Life requires more than a whisper of wisdom

The strength to go on must come from within, not without, or it crushes instead of building up the heart.

The last time Sean found trouble, she arrived in a package of blonde hair and blue eyes.” ~ Giles on Jem

My job is to preach the Gospel, which has the power to change men’s lives from the inside out.

Some books are so familiar, reading them is like being home again.

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.

What a pity it is that we have no amusements in England but vice and religion!

Whoever fails to turn aside the ills of life by prudent forethought, must submit to fulfill the course of destiny.

Everybody has bad at-bats -- except McCutchen.

In political life, it is extremely difficult to remain loyal to a friendship when constellations of power or interests are in the way.