In the world there is, parallel to the force of death and constraint, an enormous force of persuasion that is called culture.

I do not believe in God and I am not an atheist.

I would like to be able to breathe— to be able to love her by memory or fidelity. But my heart aches. I love you continuously, intensely.

It is not true that the heart wears out — but the body creates this illusion.

To all my librarian friends, champions of books, true magicians in the House of Life. Without you, this writer would be lost in the Dust.

Hitler not from a woman is born, but from the men bitterness.(Hitler n'est pas né d'une femme, - Mais de l'amertume des hommes)

I believe that words can help us move or keep us paralyzed, and that our choices of language and verbal tone have something - a great deal - to do with how we live our lives.

The world will not know liberty until all that is religious and political is transformed into something simple and human and made susceptible to criticism and denial.

Wealth is not the standard of worth. Some people put cash before character.

And there is distrust in Washington. I am surprised, frankly, at the amount of distrust that exists in this town. And I'm sorry it's the case, and I'll work hard to try to elevate it.

The greatest failure of all is the failure to act when action is needed

The highest human purpose is always to reinvent and celebrate the sacred.

Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.

A person's faith can collapse almost overnight if she failed over the years to listen patiently to her own doubts, which should only be discarded after long reflection.