'Sesame Street's' genius lies in finding gentle ways to talk about hard things - death, divorce, danger - in terms that children understand and accept.

For the truly faithful, no miracle is necessary. For those who doubt, no miracle is sufficient.

You must get courageous men, men of strong views and let them debate and argue with each other.

The challenge was that it was harder to be subtle than strident.

Illusions are the truths we live by until we know better.

I would like to see every newspaper and every magazine have a network of bureaus all over the world, gathering news.

Americas presidents tend to die young. Maybe it is in the nature of the men who reach such heights, or of the job once they attain it.

Time is valuable; people are busy.

If Heaven is willing to sing to us, it is little to ask that we be ready to listen.

Dwight Eisenhower was candid in private, but he was circumspect in public.

On a normal day, we value heroism because it is uncommon. On Sept. 11, we valued heroism because it was everywhere.

Buddhism has a term for the happiness we feel at someone else’s success or good fortune. Sympathetic joy, as it is known, invites us to celebrate for others.

Oh, don't let him pull that 'Pearl Harbor I'm going off to war' stuff on you.

We live not for the years but for the moments.

I can't deal with someone wanting to take a relationship backward or needing space or cheating on you.

Betrayals during war are childlike compared with our betrayals during peace.

The man who is right is a majority. He who has God and conscience on his side, has a majority against the universe.

It's no secret that I love to talk, but the real secret is I love to listen, too.

I loved Superman as a kid, and to me, this was my superhero.

The higher purpose of the cross was that the Father would be glorified by the satisfaction of His justice.

Death is the quiet haven of us all.