Separation of church and state cannot mean an absolute separation between moral principles and political power.

I get up very early in the morning. I enjoy the quietness, the stillness, the rawness in the winter and fall. It's a special time.

As a society, we've learned that we're all better off when everyone is included in the opportunities of this great nation.

The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die.

The Constitution does not just protect those whose views we share; it also protects those with whose views we disagree.

What divides us pales in comparison to what unites us.

Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy. Deceit is a poison in its veins.

Do we operate under a system of equal justice under law? Or is there one system for the average citizen and another for the high and mighty?

For me, a few hours ago, this campaign came to an end. For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dream shall never die.

We were taught never to give up, never to passively accept fate, but to exhaust every last ounce of will and hope in the face of any challenge.

It's disgraceful that year after year, Congress has bowed to the tobacco lobby and refused to act.

Philosophers have a long tradition of marrying stupid women, from Socrates on. They think it clever.

Be impatient enough to start going after your dreams now but patient enough to watch them manifest.

It is perhaps just dawning on five or six minds that physics, too, is only an interpretation and exegesis of the world (to suit us, if I may say so!) and not a world-explanation.

The quivering of Psyche's butterflies.

I practice three hours daily on my violin so I won't get worse.

This life of ours, this is a wonderful life. If you can get through life like this and get away with it, hey that's great. But it's very predictable. There's so many ways you can screw it up.

She was so ugly that her face could stop a sundial.

No matter what comes your way, just don't let it phase you, you can overcome anything.

Caution is the lower story of prudence.

I would stay in my room for days, for days at times, just trying to get it together, to know what my next phase was going to be.