The failure of political leaders to help uplift the poor will be judged a moral failure.

A billion dollars every week for Iraq, $87 billion for Iraq. We can't get $5 billion for childcare over five years in welfare reform.

The best response to bad religion is better religion, not secularism.

We can find common ground only by moving to higher ground.

Sometimes it takes a natural disaster to reveal a social disaster.

Our calling is not only to pull people out of the river, but to go upstream to find out what or who is pushing them in.

Faith reminds us that change is always possible.

Anyone can love peace, but Jesus didn't say, "Blessed are the peace-lovers." He says �peacemakers.� He is referring to a life vocation, not a hobby on the sidelines of life.

The Christian doctrine is one that is both about individual spirituality and a parallel commitment to social justice.

Hope is believing in spite of the evidence, and then watching the evidence change.

What is my calling? What am I supposed to do? I think running for office, public office, can be a divine calling. I mean, Ive wrestled with that very question myself.

Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you.

How you react to a situation says more about you than you know.

Kindness always works with the most important person — YOU. Be kind for you, not others.

Tis no shame to follow the better precedent.

Being anti-war in Hollywood was an act of bravery on the order of the keynote speaker at a PLO dinner making jokes about Ariel Sharon.

The science of mathematics performs more than it promises, but the science of metaphysics promises more than it performs.

Hast comes not alone.

A girl offered me E at the club. 'Have you ever done E?' 'I watch E.'

Bottom line is President Obama has said that it is a top priority of the United States of America to ensure that Iran never achieves a nuclear.

I think I'm going to be stereotyped forever, but I'm not scared of being stereotyped.