Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the world, an example of a genuinely free, democratic, just and humane society.

Let us remember the past with gratitude, live the present with enthusiasm, and look forward to the future with confidence.

I plead with you--never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become discouraged. Be not afraid.

The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being.

Do not forget that true love sets no conditions; it does not calculate or complain, but simply loves.

If you want peace, work for justice. If you want justice, defend life. If you want life, embrace truth.

The way Jesus shows you is not easy. Rather, it is like a path winding up a mountain. Do not lose heart! The steeper the road, the faster it rises towards ever wider horizons.

Nobody is so poor he has nothing to give, and nobody is so rich he has nothing to receive.

Allow the light and the healing presence of Christ to shine brightly through your lives. In that way, all those who come in contact with you will discover the loving kindness of God.

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

We are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures, we are the sum of the Father's love for us and our real capacity to become the image of His Son Jesus.

My faith is big enough to accept all of God's wonders.

And there it is: Even though we’re standing in the same patch of sun-drenched pavement, we might as well be a hundred thousand miles apart.

He was funny and charming, but also kind. It seemed the older she got, the more she appreciated kindness in people.

No matter how happily a woman may be married it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes she were not.

The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet, and Dr. Merryman.

I'm quitting the business today. I'm going to open up an appliance store, I've always really been into toasters. I'm giving it all up.

Angel dust won't go away. Somefolks who were smoking it were going away.

The New York fashion scene is crazy, madness, but I love the energy.

The silence of the mountain is even more beautiful once the birds are quiet.

I love to fool my readers, but in a good way. If you've read any of my work, there's a good chance that at some point I surprised you.