(We need) leadership that is tough enough to demand a great deal from everyone, and leadership that is tender enough to encourage the heart.

The heart and soul of school culture is what people believe, the assumptions they make about how school works.

(In schools) There is an emphasis on doing things right rather on doing the right things.

Systems of schooling are over managed and under led.

Out of every tragedy, " he said, "comes new strength.

After all, why things ended up in a way that you never imagine.

The problem is that censors create the concept of obscenity. By supposedly trying to protect us they form an absurd concept of what is obscene.

I was sometimes jeered by black soldiers who wanted me to sing something besides country music.

With the rose the butterfly's deep in love, A thousand times hovering round; But round himself, all tender like gold, The sun's sweet ray is hovering found.

Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low.

In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help train us in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good training in perseverance.

You've got to pick your roles really carefully. It's a lot more fun to play a layered woman, than just someone where what you see is what you get, by far.

He [Moliere] pleases all the world, but cannot please himself.

Of all religions, Christianity is without a doubt the one that should inspire tolerance most