Pessimists calculate the odds. Optimists believe they can overcome them.

In the days of Caesar, kings had fools and jesters. Now network presidents have anchormen.

Our society finds truth too strong a medicine to digest undiluted. In its purest form, truth is not a polite tap on the shoulder; it is a howling reproach.

It becomes increasingly easy, as you get older, to drown in nostalgia.

Set your sights beyond what you can see. There is true majesty in the concept of an unseen power which can neither be measured nor weighed.

There's harmony and inner peace to be found in following a moral compass that points in the same direction regardless of fashion or trend.

There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page

You can almost measure where you are in life by the degree to which you have begun looking back rather than ahead.

What Moses brought down from Mt. Sinai were not the Ten Suggestions, they are Commandments. Are, not were.

To face despair and not give in to it, that's courage.

If we're able to identify our own ignorance, we can identify someone else's expertise. We learn how to listen to each other. And that is the foundation of human understanding.

The spirit of God is mighty upon us.

Start each day asking, "How do I want others to feel?" Then act accordingly.

Knowledge is abundant, but wisdom is rare.

When you get caught up on other peoples' problems, solve them with caution so you don't suffer the excessive burdens of regrets.

Something as simple as better breastfeeding could save a million children a year.

[White House is] the finest prison in the world.

Only strong natures can really be sweet ones; those that seem sweet are in general only weak, and may easily turn sour.

Fake sympathy is the politicians demanding more cash as they ignore the underlying crisis. They prefer money over morality.

God lets us continue to feel much of sin's sting through suffering while we're heading for heaven. This constantly reminds us of what we're being delivered from; exposing sin for the poison it is.

What can it matter to me, that I succeed or fail ? The undertaking is none of mine, if they want me to succeed I'll fail, and vice versa, so as not to be rid of my tormentors.