You can't be neutral on a moving train.

But by this time I was acutely conscious of the gap between law and justice. I knew that the letter of the law was not as important as who held the power in any real-life situation.

The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.

Education becomes most rich and alive when it confronts the reality of moral conflict in the world.

Politics is pointless if it does nothing to enhance the beauty of our lives.

Perhaps the most important thing I learned was about democracy, that democracy is not our government, our constitution, our legal structure. Too often they are enemies of democracy.

I didn't want to spent a lot of close time with someone who believed that fun is a bourgeois indulgence.

Pessimism becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy it reproduces itself by crippling our willingness to act.

People will never stop They will say. Stop troubling yourself They are not family They are that's why called 'PEOPLE

the lost sense that we play out our lives as part of a greater story

Love and trust and justice, concern for the poor, that's being pushed to the margins, and you can see it.

Can I tell you who is the most important fashion icon in the world? Queen Elizabeth of England. Think about that. She has never put her foot anywhere wrong and always looks fantastic.

If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a diagram and pattern of subtle air.

love is a deeper season than reason; my sweet one

When you speak about generosity, about something good we have inside ourselves, you're speaking to the majority.

It was my wife that insisted I do 'The Hangover.

There's a lot of guys that just get comfortable with their positions and rest on their laurels. I had to earn my way.

No one can sing like June Carter so I just tried to sing my very best.