People stagger, but they pick up a tattered thread and wind it back onto a spool.

In a strange way, I envied the quality of Morrie's time even as I lamented its diminishing supply. Why did we bother with all the distractions we did?

Dr. King's leadership reaffirmed the promise of our democracy: that everyday people, working together, have the power to change our government and our institutions for the better.

I worry that by losing my temper so much and being so harsh and yelling so much that, by example, I will have taught my daughters to be that way, and I'm now constantly telling them not to do that.

The only recognizable feature of hope is action.

George W. Bush filled out his cabinet fairly quickly.

I mean, hope doesn't get actualized in three and a half years. If that were the case, we'd be out of luck as a country.

Yeah, I cut class...I got a D. Cause History meant nothing to me Except a definite nap. That's why I always sat in the back.

I don't want to change the world, I don't want the world to change me.

Yet it is necessary to hope, though hope should always be deluded, for hope itself is happiness, and its frustrations, however frequent, are yet less dreadful than its extinction.

To do peace, you must get up off your apathy.