I've always been passionate about what I do and want to do it well, ... My wife says she's a widow to the computer.

Despite the reams of paperwork, obstacles worthy of a horse show, and a wait that can rival an elephant's gestation, adoption feels no different on the inside.

There are times when the adoption process is exhausting and painful and makes you want to scream. But, I am told, so does childbirth.

Race, blood, lineage, and nationality don't matter; they're just the way that small minds keep score. All that matters about blood is that it's warm and that it beats through a loving heart.

Srebrenica's not simply another reminder of man's inhumanity to man, but how intelligent people can always come up with intelligent reasons to do nothing.

When they mention great little things in life, they usually forget flossing.

Senator Sanders, of course, has campaigned for Hillary Clinton. But what about his legions of supporters?

Reading will put you into the minds and hearts of others. It might help you understand why other people do what they do sometimes.

I take Charb's point, but at some point has Charlie Hebdo been trying to have it both ways because some of what they do is not funny.

Almost every continent in the world, including our own, has refugees. But how often when we hear the word do we pause to remind ourselves what being a refugee means?

One of the reasons we think this market will start to run out of gas at some point is that you've essentially created as much gold from straw as you can from this financial alchemy

In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish.

As we go, we become more deeply committed to a life of purpose and meaning and personal decency as we come to feel a broader connection to the shared experience of humanity.

Nothing could bother me more than the way a thing goes dead once it has been said.

Bravery in simple soldiers is a dangerous trade, to which they have bound themselves to get their livelihood.

We must wrestle earnestly in prayer, like men contending with a deadly enemy for life.

I don't use e-mail or a computer. I would be so inundated that I wouldn't be able to get any work done. Instead, I do everything in person or on the phone.

Christ is the sacrament of the invisible God - a sacrament that indicates presence. God is with us.

The author wishes to thank: Good fortune, Godiva chocolates, and Slim-Fast

School is a place were you go to eat your lunch

I was really interested in geishas' work, and wanted to meet real geishas.