Sackcloth and kelp soup are not required, but the Buddhist reminder of the need to live lightly on the earth is a helpful guide to the daily habits and needs of us all.

It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.

It is, I believe, the greatest generation any society has ever produced.

The response to 'The Greatest Generation' and the books that followed has been one of the most satisfying experiences of my life.

David Brinkley was an icon of modern broadcast journalism, a brilliant writer who could say in a few words what the country needed to hear during times of crisis, tragedy and triumph.

Peter is an old friend. I'm heartbroken, but he's also a tough guy. I'm counting on him getting through this very difficult passage.

You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world.

A big part of making your own luck is just charging out of the gate every morning.

While attendance at traditional churches has been declining for decades... the evangelical movement is growing, and it is changing the way America worships.

TV is a fickle business. I'm only good for the length of my contract.

there on the beaches of Normandy I began to reflect on the wonders of these ordinary people whose lives were laced with the markings of greatness.

The shrewd help the strong.The wise help the weak.

I will not just love you till death.I will love you for eternity, this life and the next.

First of all, you have to meet God with light! I do not believe that any man, that any man can solve the problems of life without Jesus Christ.

I am high in the sky, and still I do not see the face of god.

Is there any mystery like who you finally turn out to be.

Nails didn't hold God to a cross. Love did.

A skunk is better company than a person who prides himself on being 'frank'.

Religion is only in the service of the people; it is not in the rosary and the prayer-carpet.

I think that political marriages are subject to more strain than most precisely because of the nature of politics.

A vain man is a nauseous creature: he is so full of himself that he has no room for anything else, be it never so good or deserving.