The secret of the truly successful ... is that they learned early in life how not to be busy.

Hope is essential to any political struggle for radical change when the overall social climate promotes disillusionment and despair.

For anyone worn down, The Impossible Will Take a Little While is a bracing double cappuccino.

Considering the absence of legal coercion, the surprising thing is that men have for so long, and, on the whole, so reliably, adhered to what we might call the breadwinner ethic.

Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia.

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.

The 'working poor,' as they are approvingly termed, are in fact the major philanthropists of our society.

There is a vast difference between positive thinking and existential courage.

No one should be incarcerated for debt or squeezed for money they have no chance of getting their hands on.

Poverty is not a character failing or a lack of motivation. Poverty is a shortage of money.

Personally, I can't see why it would be any less romantic to find a husband in a nice four-color catalogue than in the average downtown bar at happy hour.

Success stories may be great motivational material for sales seminars, but we are not always successful.

Our present state of self-confidence and poise is the result of what we have "experienced" rather than what we have learned intellectually.

The trouble with this whole country is that it's divided up into little puddles with big fish in each one of them.

Congratulations, you have a sense of humor. And to those who didn't: Go stick your head in the mud.

I love Africa, and Ulusaba, our home in South Africa, is pretty special. It's on a rocky hill overlooking the bush, and from your room, you can see lions stalking zebras by the waterhole.

Love is much more demanding than law.

All across America, we gather this week with the people we love to give thanks to God for the blessings in our lives.

I was missing the opportunity to see my friends' children grow up, to have my son go to his friends' homes and be involved with their parents.

The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.

Remember: if you take bivouac equipment along, you will bivouac.