The American Jewish Committee has pioneered the German-Jewish-American dialogue.

Terror must never be allowed as a means for political confrontation.

The secret to all power is to only do that which all would willingly do.

One man gathers what another man spills

We ascribe meanings because it is our nature to do so..We can no more see a thing without searching for a meaning than we can see a snag in a robe without pulling on the loose thread.

I try to train as much as I can, as much as my schedule allows it.

And why? Because they are suffocating within the lines that define their town and their times. And sometimes lines are made to be crossed.

It's that tingle in my stomach, that lump in my throat and that smile on my face that tell me I am part of an incredible team.

If you are really great, you will let others discover this fact from your actions.

Race hate isn't human nature; race hate is the abandonment of human nature.

I travel around the world in a way that tries to open my mind and give me empathy and inspire me to come home and make this world a better place.

Open your arms if you want the Beloved's embrace.

Poetry, I feel, is a tyrannical discipline. You've got to go so far, so fast, in such a small space, that you've got to burn away all the peripherals.