Our country, our people, and our laws have to be our top priority.

If you have laws that you don't enforce, then you don't have laws. This leads to lawlessness.

Suffering is a form of knowledge. It tells us what is wrong with our world.

That a work of creation struggles and insistently demands to be brought into being is a fact that no genuine artist would think of denying.

Those left behind prayed constantly for peace but prayers came back with Return to Sender stamped all over them. Only the roll call of the dead grew.

I hate when I look in my closet and find clothes instead of Narnia.

Peace is far more preferable to war. [...] I believe that peace is the only path to true security. [...] And there is no question that the only path to peace is through negotiations .

So long as mists envelop you, be still. Be still until the sunlight pours through and dispels the mists - as it surely will. Then act with courage.

It's strange to think that culture is simply a matter of millions of files flying around, but we now think in terms of networks for everything.

The lavish presentation appeals to me, and I've got to convince the others.

Gaiety is the soul's health; sadness is its poison.

If God is real, why does he align perfectly with our views? We should expect God to challenge us on what we think is right somewhere