Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.

We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.

Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.

Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.

Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power...Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.

In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty - all are responsible.

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.

The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.

Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society.

When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.

Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.

Even the sick should try these so-called dangerous passes, because for every unfortunate they kill, they cure a thousand.

You lie awake at 3 in the morning thinking of story ideas. You're online at 8 a.m. on a Sunday or midnight on a Wednesday. It's a job that you never push aside.

Competitive toughness is an acquired skill and not an inherited gift.

A bit of tolerance is worth a megabyte of flamming.

I can't think in terms of journalism without thinking in terms of political ends. Unless there's been a reaction, there's been no journalism. It's cause and effect.

True leadership must have follower-ship. Management styles can vary, but even an autocrat needs people who believe and simply don't follow from fear.

I love Minnesota, and I'd love to play my whole career here.

I don't think you could pull one Bob Marley song that didn't have quotes from the Torah or the Old Testament.

There weren't too many books featuring other cultures and countries when I was growing up as an immigrant kid here in the States.

Hey, ugly!" Annabeth yelled. I hoped she was talking to the giant, not me.