The greatest lesson came with the realization that good food cannot be reduced to single ingredients. It requires a web of relationships to support it.

The true value of man is shown when with all freedom possible, he sets himself limits.

Realize the joy there is in trying to accomplish the impossible.

It's the worst kind of cruelty — the thoughtless kind. You can't cope with it.

I've always dreamed of growing up to be Amy Poehler.

What other people call dark and despairing, I call funny.

I grew up in Danville, Illinois, right in the middle of the state.

To confess your sins to God is not to tell [God] anything [God] doesn't already know. Until you confess them, however, they are the abyss between you. When you confess them, they become the bridge.

It's very unfortunate that war has always been and probably always will be a part of human beings on this planet. It's a terrible thing.

At the point so near to zero, just almost before the death, life's value jumps to infinity!

For he who loses all often easily loses himself.