I empathize with those who yearn for a simpler world, for some bygone golden age of domestic and international tranquility. But for the mass of humanity it is an age that never was.

Security is not the meaning of my life. Great opportunities are worth the risk.

The rhythm of life is intricate but orderly, tenacious but fragile. To keep that in mind is to build the key to survival.

I'm bilingual. I speak English and I speak educationese.

Justice is a blindfolded woman.

The role of the teacher remains the highest calling of a free people.

If you haven't failed, you haven't tried very hard.

If you play it safe in life you've decided that you don't want to grow anymore.

Security is not the meaning of my life. Great opportunities are worth the risks.

This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.

I don't give a crap if you're a Tangent or a really smart llama. You're my friend and that's all that matters

She soars with eagles and navigates by rainbows.

I don't write novels about expeditions to the planet Mars because I haven't been there and I don't know anything about it.

Million dollar deals in my email, you mad as hell you ain't CC'ed

I'm at a point in my life where I have something solid now. I'm a peaceful person, and I want to be surrounded by peace no matter what I'm doing.

The Church knows nothing of a sacredness of war. The Church which prays'Our Father'asks God only for peace.

Don't judge people you don't know. You have no idea what they've been through, and you may waste an opportunity to make a new friend.

Cricket is basically baseball on valium.

Human progress has never been shaped by commentators, complainers or cynics.