Be able to notice all the confusion between fact and opinion that appears in the news

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.

Know how and how much to tip people who expect gratuities, even in the case of poor service.

Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.

Working in an office with an array of electronic devices is like trying to get something done at home with half a dozen small children around. The calls for attention are constant.

Be able to hiccup silently, or at least without alerting neighbors to your situation. The first hiccup is an exception.

Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument.

Skill is successfully walking a tightrope between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center. Intelligence is not trying.

Know the official post office abbreviations for all 50 states without having to consult a list.

There's plenty of intelligence in the world, but the courage to do things differently is in short supply.

Love grows and wanes, but honor, duty, and commitment, those things are constant and stable. They define who you are.

Jubilee 2000 is a broad coalition which has moved the earth.

Well, as far as I'm concerned, I'm not here to live a normal life. I'm sent here on a mission.

There are some good songs, but not the kind of song-writing that I remember, that I like. Springsteen still does it. Paul Simon, and there are also good writers, but that doesn't dominate the charts.

I love the protest signs protected by the First Amendment - some of them humorous, some of them passionate, some factual, some entirely incorrect - all of them free ideas.

No matter how strong the rival, the just will always win.

These days, government employees are better off in almost every area: pay, benefits, time off and security, on top of working fewer hours.

when love is strong enough it can even cause Fate to change her course

Anxiety destroys scale, and suffering makes us lose perspective.

The past is all holy to us; the dead are all holy; even they that were wicked when alive.