Knowledge without love inflates the ego and deceives the mind.

Amy Carmichael once said, "Those who think too much of themselves don't think enough.

How are we ever going to understand what happens when a civilization comes apart at the seams, as it did in Germany, if we fail to see the most glaring distinctions, such as the gender gap?

Keep your friends close and your beneficiaries closer...Poor words to live by. Even worse to die by.

What we have not chosen we cannot consider either to our merit or our failure.

I use the word power broadly. Even more important than military and economic power is the power of ideas, the power of compassion, and the power of hope.

We have drained common sense out of our politics. The more we focus on tactics and games, the more good people check out and give up

I'm competitive at everything.

The world needs the sense that we are all in it together.

You don't work on something for six years and be blind to the myriad of other approaches.

The more I sleep the less I have to hang out with everyone

I had never been to Hawaii, and now I say that my body is from L.A. but my heart is from Hawaii, because I'm in love with it and it's home on every level, from a spiritual, soulful place.