In the fullness of time, I suspect that bigotry against homosexuals will seem as repugnant as racial prejudice does today. Or so one hopes.

We often talk too much & listen too little. The surer route to winning a friend isn't to convince them that you're right, but that you care what they think.

Our greatest leaders are neither dreamers nor dictators: They are, like Jefferson, those who articulate national aspirations yet master the mechanics of influence and know when to depart from dogma.

[T]o argue that something is so because it is in the Bible is more than intellectually bankrupt.

A lot of people, including business leaders, think the future belongs to China. Globalization is not a zero-sum game, but we need to hone our skills to stay in play.

Religious belief, like history itself, is a story that is always unfolding, always subject to inquiry and ripe for questioning. For without doubt there is no faith.

The Occupy Wall Street protests at last suggest that America's wealth gap is once again becoming an organizing political principle in the country.

Liberty is precious. But so is life. It should not be so difficult for men and women of good will and good heart and sound mind to find the right balance between the two.

No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty.

Jefferson was the rare leader who stood out from the crowd without intimidating it.

Steadiness of faith, was, in the long run, as illuminating and essential as sophistication of thought.

Be compassionate ... and take responsibility for each other. If we only learned those lessons, this world would be a better place.

If seeds despaired in their darkest hours, they would never rise to enjoy their brightest days.

A scholar’s pen is more valuable than a warrior’s sword.

It is important to be Intuitive at this time and allow the natural course to show you the way to the next step.

No supernatural can exist for the mankind that does not want to believe it.

Love bears initself its own fulfillness.

none but the unhappy are worthy of friends; if your soul had never suffered never could you have entered mine.

Because death and illness are the most horrible things in life, of course that's where the most absurdly funny things are going to happen.

He looks much more like a lobster than most lobsters do.

God forbid that Truth should be confined to Mathematical Demonstration!