My own faith was nurtured by my grandmother and her clinging deeply to her faith when she was dying a painful and slow death from cancer.

When you see a great teacher, you are seeing a work of art.

I want to be a children’s hero… Children need heroes because heroes give hope; without hope they have no future.

You have to be prepared to think outside the box...Stand back and think about what we could do creativity. We've got to do that to push the field forward.

It's easy to have faith when everything is going great. The real test of faith is when you're facing something that only your faith in God will get you through.

Build an organization that can tackle the tough things and keep moving.

Education is the only billion dollar industry that tolerates abject failure.

Osama Bin Laden is not going to come here and destroy America. Our education system is doing that just fine.

Boys want to grow up to be like their male role models. And boys who grow up in homes with absent fathers search the hardest to figure out what it means to be male.

When I was growing up, kids used to talk about snitching... It never extended as a cultural norm outside of the gangsters.

Let's stop teaching to the middle and start teaching to the student.

The Devil himself is good when he is pleased.

I understood that the man I was calling for could never ever come back. Because I understood that the man that I was calling for was dead.

It's the same reason why someone has a Web page or why people feel comfortable going on reality TV.

To speak of love is to make love.

Fat people are brilliant in bed. If I'm sitting on top of you, who's going to argue?

Often it's the deepest pain which empowers you to grow into your highest self.

They tried to kill me,” he said, his brow furrowed as he glared at them. “You saw them!” “Yeah?” I spouted off. “They weren’t very good at it!” (Trent and Rachel)

He [the cat] liked to peep into the refrigerator and risk having his head shut in by the closing door. He also climbed to the top of the stove, discontinuing the practice after he singed his tail.

Men to be men must be able to trust their womenfolk, even as the latter are compelled to trust them.

Faith is a never-ending pool of clarity, reaching far beyond the margins of consciousness. We all know more than we know we know.