The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world.

Ultimately evil is done not so much by evil people, but by good people who do not know themselves and who do not probe deeply.

Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Every experience proves that the real problem of our existence lies in the fact that we ought to love one another, but do not.

There was a time when I had all the answers. My real growth began when I discovered that the questions to which I had the answers were not the important questions.

It's always wise to seek the truth in our opponents' error, and the error in our own truth.

Nationalism: One of the effective ways in which the modern man escapes life's ethical problems.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

Religion is so frequently a source of confusion in political life, and so frequently dangerous to democracy, precisely because it introduces absolutes into the realm of relative values.

Humor is a prelude to faith and laughter is the beginning of prayer.

They are called, "SELF-worth" and "SELF-esteem" for a reason... we can't let others decide what we are worth, that is so dangerous! Empower yourself!

Distance is the journey. Displacement is the result.

You must not change one thing one pebble one grain of sand until you know what good and evil will follow on that act.

If we say the Geneva Convention is obsolete, then what do others who have our soldiers say?

People wonder how they are ever going to change their lives, but really it is frighteningly easy.

Existence itself is nothing if not an amazement. Good poems restore amazement.

To pray is to listen, to move through my own chattering to God, to that place where I can be silent and listen to what God may have to say.

The Democratic Party went far to the left, I think, and left some of us stranded on the beach, so we went to the Republican Party.

A plant is only worth growing if it looks good when it is dead.

Historically courts in this country have been insulated. We do not look beyond our borders for precedents.