Religion gives you a sense of certainty. It makes you feel that you have the right answers to really big questions and that youve grasped the truth.

Self-control, openness, the ability to engage with others, to plan and to persist - these are the attributes that get people in the door and on the job, and lead to productive lives.

Early investment in the lives of disadvantaged children will help reduce inequality, in both the short and the long run.

Schools should look behind classroom doors and determine the factors that contribute to the kinds of interactions between teachers and students that promote student achievement.

We can change who we are. We can improve ourselves in various ways, and we can give ourselves possibilities.

Schooling after the second grade plays only a minor role in creating or reducing gaps.

My family life is a deep source of satisfaction.

It is imperative to change the way we look at education. We should invest in the foundation of school readiness from birth to age 5.

When your focus is too narrow you can miss the big picture.

If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.

If you are not happy with the work you do, change it

In God’s third day we should reveal God to the world around us.

To love her was a liberal education.

In the most advanced state of love we don't love for any reason or purpose. We don't even direct our love necessarily to an object.

We still have community, but we don't seem to have local community. Even in a small town where you know your neighbors and your mother's down the street, they're not in arm's length.

Success is not easy and I think everyone should know that hard work and perseverance and being open to giving back are so much more powerful than stepping all over people to get to the top.

The miracle drugs (neuroleptics) cause the worst plague of brain damage in medical history.

If there are atheists, who is to be blamed if not the mercenary tyrants of souls who, in revolting us against their swindles, compel some feeble spirits to deny the God whom these monsters dishonour?