I was eleventh-grade class president. That was the first elective office I held until I came into Congress.

We're not perfect. We're a work in progress. But man, America has gotten a lot of things right.

When you have schools that are operating in the 20th century, and we're trying to prepare our children for the 21st century, even those children know they are not educated in the right way.

Every bit of our lives revolves around how we get from one place to another and how long it's going to take to get there and what time of day you have to leave to do it.

No day is alike, nor should it be.

Do your best, then put your feet on the table, and to God leave the rest.

The artist is not a special kind of man, but every man is a special kind of artist.

The Sufis say there are three ways to know fire - by hearing it described, by seeing it, or by being burned.

Good human relations not only bring great personal rewards but are essential to the success of any enterprise.

Peace on earth begins with birth.

If you're trying to be more creative, one of the most important things you can do is increase the volume and diversity of the information to which you are exposed.

Our highest, most important duty in this world is to help our fellow beings.

This is the sleep: being absent, being not present to the present moment, being somewhere else.

Intelligence, in diapers, is invisible. And when it matures, out the window it flies. We have to pounce on it earlier.

The penny-papers of New York do more to govern this country than the White House at Washington.