Some people think [Ted] Cruz is just as bad of an electoral nightmare down the ballot as [Donald] Trump.

Better a broken heart than a hardened one.

Everything I have experienced in my life helps form who I am today, and I would not change or forget any of it.

How women view religion's role in society is shaped more by their own country's culture and context than one monolithic view that religion is simply bad for women.

While economic development [in Egypt] made a few people rich, it left many more worse off. As people felt less and less free, they also felt less and less provided for.

They're still out there talking about gun control measures, as if somehow terrorists care about what our gun laws are.

If no one can do that, yeah, Donald Trump better man the lifeboats, because there's some significant chance he'll win the nomination.

Human development, not secularization, is what's key to women's empowerment in the transforming Middle East.

I'm hearing here that this Muslim movement, well, for women, is what we have to focus on. And women have been doing, I think, the right thing. Having the conversations, talking to people about that.

I think the blood is spilling in Syria and it's mostly Muslims.

I'm not in the business of changing policies. I hope to inform, not form, decisions.

For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me want to dream.

One of the Secrets in Life is to Make Stepping Stones out of Stumbling Blocks.

The higher you rise above your fears the higher you will rise above your peers.

When opponents of evolution object that human beings are not mere apes, they are correct. We are also part bee.

The very desire to be certain, to be secure, is the beginning of bondage.It's only when the mind is not caught in the net of certainty, and is not seeking certainty, that it is in a state of discovery.

If we had lost our own chief good, other people’s good would remain, and that is worth trying for.

It does bear emphasis that slippery-slope arguments are notoriously invalid.

Real estate is the closest thing to the proverbial pot of gold.

Build on past successes, be grateful for what you do have, and know that this, too, shall pass. It's only for the now. Whatever we're facing, it's not forever.

Silence is often advantageous.