An economist's definition of hatred is the willingness to pay a price to inflict harm on others.

It's hard not to empathize with the mayor's anger, given the injustices he'd suffered, but righteous anger rarely leads to wise policy.

Great cities are not static, they constantly change and take the world along with them.

Knowledge is more important than space.

Some places will, however, be left behind. Not every city will succeed, because not every city has been adept at adapting to the age of information, in which ideas are the ultimate creator of wealth.

He was the guy who always won the game of chicken because his opponents suspected he might actually enjoy a head-on collision.

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You may have made some mistakes, but just like a parent helps their child when they are learning to walk, God will help you get right back up anytime you fall.

A smattering of everything, and a knowledge of nothing.

We all wish to be brave and strong in the face of disaster. We all wish to be looked up to for our endurance and efforts to help others.

My first exposure to the vocabulary of inter-beingness was through the writings of Thich Nhat Hahn, to whom I remain enormously grateful.

The most sublime courage I have ever witnessed has been among that class too poor to know they possessed it, and too humble for the world to discover it.

Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.

Personally, I think any more than two or three kids is not a family, it's a litter.

Eternal life means more than mere future blessing to be enjoyed by believers; it is equally a kind of spiritual ability.