It turns out that what money buys has rapidly diminishing emotional returns ... As long as we're not destitute, happiness depends less on getting what we want than appreciating what we already have.

A smaller government reflecting the needs of the middle class and poor is superior to a big government reflecting the needs of the privileged and powerful.

Along with individual responsibility goes some societal responsibility to enable young people and their parents to do what they need to do. Otherwise, what is a society?

Powerlessness can be a self-fulfilling prophesy. There is much that is wrong with America. But it will only be made right only if we force change to occur.

Indentured servitude is banned, but what about students seeking to sell shares of their future earnings in exchange for money up front to pay for their college tuitions?

Once you can communicate with yourself, you'll be able to communicate outwardly with more clarity. The way in is the way out.

The dependency of the human element on Planet Earth is a profoundly personal relationship with Nature’s Mom.

I am nothing, and not even that.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

There is a peculiar burning odor in the room, like explosives. the kitchen fills with smoke and the hot, sweet, ashy smell of scorched cookies. The war has begun.

The art of reading is in great part that of acquiring a better understanding of life from one's encounter with it in a book.

There must, whether the gods see it or not, be something great in the mortal soul. For suffering, it seems, is infinite, and our capacity without limit.

It is within you that the ghosts acquire voices.

Art is a way of recognizing oneself.

Becoming the first Canadian male to win a Major Championship, especially being the Masters, was a dream come true.