Once I grew from 6'1' to about 6'6', by that time I was going into 12th grade, and that's when I started wanting to play basketball, because, pretty much basketball players always got the girl.

Slavery was not born of racism; rather, racism was the consequence of slavery.

You are on your own in a big world, in which you are one of many nations, some small, some medium sized, some large. You are nobody's boss and nobody is your boss.

To increase student engagement and ownership of learning, we should give students opportunities to do meaningful work - work that makes a difference locally, nationally, and globally.

Some things youll never know, and some things youll wish you never knew.

I am persecuted because of my writings, I think, therefore, that I should write some more.

For me, it's church and state, not church in state, and I really feel there are some churches in central Ohio crossing that line.

Magic: (n) The art of converting superstition into coin.

In certain almost supernatural states of the soul, the profundity of life reveals itself entirely in the spectacle, however ordinary it may be, before one's eyes. It becomes its symbol.

There's never an easy route to the things that matter.

Why did the Lord inspire Mormon (or Moroni or Alma) to include that in his record? What lesson can I learn from that to help me live in this day and age?

I could still be forgotten when I'm dead. I don't really care what happens when I'm dead.

One who believes in himself has no need to convince others.

A terrific game, even on the losing side I could enjoy it.

Expectations is the place you must always go to before you get to where you're going.

What's wrong with being elitist if you are trying to encourage people to join the elite rather than being exclusive?

Twitter seems like a busman's holiday: just more writing. I have no plans to do it. I'll just stick with my 24/7 webcam. I'm old-fashioned that way.