Prayer changes things, but it ultimately changes the one who prays.

Giving him our plans is giving him ourselves.

We have earned our peace. It is, by now, more precious than honor, or even pity.

Were revolutions ever really that we thought them to be?

I went along with it, and wanted to appoint a significant figure in Malcolm Fraser. I didn't have high hopes that they'd be able to do anything, but something was worth a try.

All moral obligation resolves itself into the obligation of conformity to the will of God.

I don't know if I'll ever accomplish most of my dreams - I have so many.

All happiness depends on courage and work. I have had many periods of wretchedness, but with energy and above all with illusions, I pulled through them all.

Part of me longs to do a job where there's not a gray area.

People know I'm smart. And people know that, whether it's SNL or Jimmy Kimmel, it's a trend to take the piss out of celebrity -- just as much of a trend as wearing a gray hoodie or driving a Prius.

When trouble comes no mother should have to plead guilty alone. The pediatricians, psychologists, therapists, goat herders, fathers, and peer groups should all be called to the bench as well. . . .

Trying to be cool is the easiest path to mediocrity