Love softens everything except our sense of integrity.

When speech comes from a quiet heart, it has the strength of the orchid, and the fragrance of rock.

What we are tempted to call a disaster is sometimes the first, painful stage of a blessing.

Education is no longer thought of as a preparation for adult life, but as a continuing process of growth and development from birth until death.

Happily ever after doesn't begin with Once upon a time: it begins with Now.

What is the gospel according to Jesus? Simply this: that the love we all long for in our innermost heart is already present, beyond longing.

True mastery can be gained by letting things go their own way.

Even the purest of teachers will face bitter criticism from those who feel threatened by him.

So actions themselves are not good and not bad; only the intention is important.

Creativity, not normality, has become the paradigm of mental health.

But self-abasement is just inverted egoism. Anyone who acts with genuine humility will be as far from humiliation as from arrogance.

I believe there are two kinds of people in this world. The ones who do everything right, expecting the perfect outcome every time, and those who know better.

Our funding is based on our support of ideas like limited government, individual rights and a strong defense.

When levitation fails, a ladder prevails.

Republicans are horrible with civil liberties, and not so good with dollars and cents. Democrats are horrible with dollars and cents, and not so good with civil liberties.

It is a revolution, and it can no more be checked by human effort... than a prarie fire by a gardener's watering pot.

From my father's side I got the strength, the mental toughness, the heart, the courage.

I'm especially interested in helping to give visibility to the pandemic of violence against women

The drums have hogged a lot of the credit. We're as much -- or more -- *cymbal* players, as we are drummers.

The best I could say about third grade was that it was a more or less continuous state of dread.

Imagination grows by exercise.