There is an old saying that the course of civilization is a race between catastrophe and education. In a democracy such as ours, we must make sure that education wins the race.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.

One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.

No responsibility of government is more fundamental than the responsibility of maintaining the highest standard of ethical behavior for those who conduct the public business.

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

Don't pray for an easy life, pray to be a stronger man.

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

Only your children’s grandchildren may remember our stories, but the stories are not what makes a life. It’s living with a smile and a free spirit that will ripple throughout the stars.

Words got the power to hurt or heal.

No children are so divine that they do not need responsible parenting and be taught proper manners.

We use our gadgets for distraction and entertainment. We use them to avoid work while giving the impression that we're actually working hard.

Approach the present with your heart's consent. Make it a blessed event.

If our opinions rest upon solid ground, those who attack them do not make us angry, but themselves ridiculous.

A sage is skilled at helping people without excluding anyone.

I am a guest of the French language. My poems in French are born of my interaction with the French language, which is not the same as that of a French poet.

I've felt love from certain songs that I've wanted to experience from other people - where I know that love may never happen - and I want to give that to someone else.

Cease to pray and thou will begin to sin. Prayer is not only a means to prevail for mercy but also to prevent sin.