Lincoln, they used to talk about him almost as bad as they talk about me. So democracy has never been for the faint of heart.

You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

Keep exploring. Keep dreaming. Keep asking why. Don’t settle for what you already know. Never stop believing in the power of your ideas, your imagination, your hard work to change the world.

When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don't really have to do anything, you just let them talk.

Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail.

Change is never easy, but always possible.

Don’t ever let anybody tell you that your efforts don’t matter or that your voice doesn’t count. Don’t ever believe that you can’t make a difference. You have.

Where you are right now doesn't have to determine where you'll end up.

Learning to stand in somebody else's shoes, to see through their eyes, that's how peace begins. And it's up to you to make that happen. Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.

If somebody is different from you, that's not something you criticize, that's something that you appreciate.

I was depressed. I guess I still am

Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.

Why do people always say change is the only constant? It so sounds Oxymoron

For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease; he is burdened with his own sorrow, and groans on seeing another's happiness.

So happy just to be alive, Underneath the sky of blue, On this new morning, new morning, On this new morning with you.

I don't think you can write an experience as you're having it without being an idiot.

The administration's attempt to keep us from selling agricultural products to Cuba is an outrage. Cuba is not a threat. That is why we must do more to open Cuba - not less.

I just stay away from the news and try and find people around me who are doing positive things and look to them.

Harvard has been almost as important to the American Jewish community as the pork-sausage industry.

The ultimate censorship is the flick of the dial.