Sadness puts my heart in a prison.

Like bookends, we have learned to support each other when the stuff in the middle pushes us apart.

Most people focus on forgiving others, thinking there isn't a need for self-forgiveness, particularly if they see themselves as a victim.

I haven't sought self-forgiveness because I feel I was preyed upon and not responsible for the many bad things that happened to me.

I am a strong believer in grass roots communities, but I also believe government resources, when available, should be equally available to all people.

I have learned to accept the fact that I will make mistakes at nearly every turn, but that those mistakes can be softened if I am honest about who I am to my girls.

No dream is too big. No challenge is too great. Nothing we want for our future is beyond our reach.

Thought that is silenced is always rebellious.

I hope we shall abolish war and settle all differences at the conference table I hope we shall abolish all hydrogen and atom bombs before they abolish us first.

A happy player is a good player, I think.

Attractive things work better When you wash and wax a car, it drives better, doesn’t it? Or at least feels like it does.

There must be some nerve and heroism in our love, as of a winter morning.

the private conscience is the last and only protection of the civilized world.

I definitely live for the small moments and the big moments.

But our hearts are more elastic than we think, and the work of forgiveness and transformation and growth can do things you can't even imagine from where you're standing now.

To practice Zen Buddhism is to train oneself to eliminate hatred, anger and selfishness and to develop loving-kindness towards all.