Most politicians would love to lead politically blind people.

People would rather live in a community with unreasonable claims, than face loneliness with their truth

A humble heart, a friendly look, a smile on the face is really what you need to break the ice, not a very big axe.

The world is like a brute beast, you teach it how it should behave towards you

Those who complain that fate is against them will have a hard time finding happiness in their lives

Some beliefs are so strongly held that some believers are ready to lose their heads rather than the belief they carry therein

When something looks impossible, don’t give up without testing its impossibility

As you fight any war, sometimes the result may be defeat. Learn to be heroic even in your defeats.

Life has a meaning but do not set out to find out. Just live it out.

This life is not perfect, live it to the full, it's all we have

You will always find all the time you need in the world to do what you love. If you can’t find the time, it’s not important for you

I think the reward of you is worth the risk.

The real trouble with reality is that there is no background music.

Keep your head up and be patient.

Perhaps the story in the book is just the lid on a pan: It always stays the same, but underneath there's a whole world that goes on - developing and changing like our own world.

It is most important to have time alone. To be alone is not to be alone. It is only possible to truly feel immortality when we are by ourselves.

The Universe backs the part of you that is of clearest intention

Across our country, social enterprise partnerships between the public and private sectors are providing millions of Americans - young and old - a second chance.

Picturing things, taking a view, is what makes us human; art is making sense and giving shape to that sense. It is like the religious search for God.

To all that is used-up, and to all the muffled and dumb creatures in the world's full reserve, the unsayable sums, joyfully add yourself, and cancel the count.

Diversity hasn't a thing to do with why this country is great. Diversity is not a factor in any way when defining or explaining America's greatness.