The middle class, one of the great achievements in history, is becoming more of a relic than a reality.

We often talk too much & listen too little. The surer route to winning a friend isn't to convince them that you're right, but that you care what they think.

Our greatest leaders are neither dreamers nor dictators: They are, like Jefferson, those who articulate national aspirations yet master the mechanics of influence and know when to depart from dogma.

[T]o argue that something is so because it is in the Bible is more than intellectually bankrupt.

A lot of people, including business leaders, think the future belongs to China. Globalization is not a zero-sum game, but we need to hone our skills to stay in play.

Religious belief, like history itself, is a story that is always unfolding, always subject to inquiry and ripe for questioning. For without doubt there is no faith.

The Occupy Wall Street protests at last suggest that America's wealth gap is once again becoming an organizing political principle in the country.

Liberty is precious. But so is life. It should not be so difficult for men and women of good will and good heart and sound mind to find the right balance between the two.

In the fullness of time, I suspect that bigotry against homosexuals will seem as repugnant as racial prejudice does today. Or so one hopes.

No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty.

Jefferson was the rare leader who stood out from the crowd without intimidating it.

Life is given for increase

A roof of harmony can only be built on top of pillars of tolerance.

Friendship is neither a formality nor a mode: it is rather a life.

I grew up listening to show tunes in the back of the car.

Money does not guarantee success.

Writing is a lonely job, unless you're a drinker, in which case you always have a friend within reach.

It's okay to lose your pride over someone you love. Don't lose someone you love though over your pride!

Believing that no one is better than the other. You know I grew up in the South. My senior year there was a very big racial tension.

I'd always been interested in psychology.

After the game is before the game.