Who can give a man this, his own name?

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

A man's real belief is that which he lives by. What a man believes is the thing he does, not the thing he thinks.

Never tell a child 'you have a soul.' Teach him, you are a soul; you have a body.

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.

Forgiveness unleashes joy. It brings peace. It washes the slate clean. It sets all the highest values of love in motion.

Any faith in Him, however small, is better than any belief about Him, however great.

No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

It is by loving and not by being loved that one can come nearest to the soul of another.

How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.

All history is the experimental refutation of the theory of the so-called moral order of things.

If the whole U.S. was like Silicon Valley, we'd be in good shape. But now, the entire U.S. is not driven by technology, is not driven by innovation.

It depends on the project, what's happening that day on the project, at what stage were in on the project; it various from project to project and where we're needed.

I have lived my life in a culture that hates fat people.

Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water.

Remember me when I am dead and simplify me when I'm dead.

No, no, no - you don't argue with concepts. You have to claim Dogma, and therefore leave no room for rational thought.

The thing about the Internet is that you can write something... for a very narrow audience and make a living at it.

Christianity can be condensed into four words: Admit, Submit, Commit and Transmit.