Over time, parents have barnacled the most routine activities in infancy with their own preoccupations. It's sometimes hard to see the baby for all the barnacles.

Mine is the only view that appropriately combines the end-time messianic expectations of the Jews with Christian scripture.

We have to use our reasoning capacity and set long-term goals based on our deepest values.

It's no secret that I've become known for my strong political views.

The chief thing is to love others like yourself, that's the chief thing, and that's everything; nothing else is wanted - you will find out at once how to arrange it all.

There are certain things I do not talk about.

Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself.

You can't fly unless you let yourself fall

China is in its own category - too big to ignore, too repressive to embrace, difficult to influence, and very, very proud.

There never was a scandalous tale without some foundation.

By bringing shame to a person, how could one expect to make him a better man?