Someone once said that every man is trying to live up to his father's expectations or make up for their father's mistakes....

A nation that can't control its energy sources can't control its future.

What's missing is not money, but a national sense of urgency.

More than anything, it is that sense - that despite great differences in wealth, we rise and fall together - that we can't afford to lose.

Like any value, empathy must be acted upon.

America is big enough to accommodate all their dreams.

Simon did not solve problems, he just shamed them into going away.

That was all part of giving someone a piece of your heart; they ended up taking a whole chunk of your mind and reserving it all for themselves.

life itself is not the miracle. that pain should be so constant, that's the miracle -

Where did Gabriel get a lily, In the month of March, When the green Is hardly seen On the early larch?

The Bible is either absolute, or it's obsolete.

...even saying good-bye isn’t enough. There’s always one more thing you should have had the time to say, or do, or ask. There’s always going to be that one missing piece.

We tried in our simple way to lead our life in a manner that may make a difference to those of others.

We can never get a re-creation of community and heal our society without giving our citizens a sense of belonging.

I know you aren't perfect. But it's a person's imperfections that make them perfect for someone else.

I feel like I've always played within the rules. I would never do anything to break the rules. I believe in fair play.