What good deed can government do for religion? The best deed of all: leave it free and unencumbered, burdened by neither enmity nor amity.

If history teaches us any lessons at all, it teaches us that force applied to religion creates not a purity of faith but a river of blood.

One seeks to know the self better in order to know God better.

Today’s life is tomorrow’s career and yesterday’s history, live it well.

Ben made me laugh. I was attracted to his attraction for me: the way he smiled for instance, whenever he saw me, that goofy kind of grin that hijacks the face of the helplessly smitten.

My efforts in Congress are guided by the belief that environmental preservation and restoration are a critical part of the legacy we leave to future generations.

Emotions of any kind can be evoked by melody and rhythm; therefore music has the power to form character.

Publishing isn't a job anymore. It's a button.

To consider yourself an environmentalist and still eat meat is like saying you're a philanthropist who doesn't give to charity.

The Western world is ... looked upon as being arrogant, self-satisfied, greedy and with no limits. And Sept. 11 is an occasion for me to realize it even more.

The energy of the universe is constant.

The juice goes out of Christianity when it becomes too based on faith rather than on living like Jesus or seeing the world as Jesus saw it.

Taxes shouldn't be higher; they should be fairer. We must be a party that's disciplined. We must make tough choices.