Suddenly summoned to witness something great and horrendous, we keep fighting not to reduce it to our own smallness.

We are most alive when we're in love.

Life is a nacho. It can be yummy-crunchy or squishy-yucky. It just depends on how long it takes for you to start eating it.

Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.

You cannot help but learn more as take the world into your hands. Take it up reverently, for it is and old piece of clay, with millions of thumbprints on it.

A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.

Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went.

The scissors cut the long-grown hair; The razor scrapes the remnant fuzz. Small-jawed, weak-chinned, big-eyed, I stare At the forgotten boy I was.

It is easy to love people in memory; the hard thing is to love them when they are there in front of you.

Inspiration arrives as a packet of material to be delivered.

So much love, too much love, it is our madness, it is rotting us out, exploding us like dandelion polls.

Peace is serenity.

If you start most of your sentences with 'Why Can't', 'Why Not', or 'What if', you'll build a stronger imagination.

Heal my heart and make it clean, open up my eyes to the things unseen, show me how to love like you have loved me.

Remember, I might be the wind, but you control the kite.

By precipitating change, you'll create value. Those that do this best will win.

. . . is it to be understood that the principles of the Declaration of Independence bear no relation to half of the human race?

Your life may have taken a detour, but God is still on the throne. He has brought you this far, and sooner or later, your peace will be restored.

My favorite poets may not be your bread and butter. I have more favorite poems than favorite poets.

Education isn't play--and it can't be made to look like play. It is hard, hard work. But it can be made interesting work.

We must be very careful not to assign this deliverance the attributes of a victory. Wars are not won by evacuations