The message to both parties should be right now that we need to find ways to work together to speak to the American public.

It is okay not to like someone, but it is never okay to try and degrade, humiliate, or dehumanize them.

Leadership is not a position or a title, it is action and example.

The world you see outside of you will always be a reflection of what you have inside of you.

Before you speak to me about your religion, first show it to me in how you treat other people. Before you tell me how much you love your God, show me in how much you love all His children.

Don't let your inability to do everything undermine your determination to do something.

When happy, be kind. When angry, be kind. When hopeful, be kind. When discouraged, be kind. When ever, be kind.

No matter what, we always have the power to choose hope over despair, engagement over apathy, kindness over indifference, love over hate.

The right attitude can transform a barrier into a blessing, an obstacle into an opportunity or a stumbling block into a stepping stone.

Give the respect you want to receive; embody the grace you hope to encounter; and help others with no expectations whatsoever.

Give more than is expected, love more than seems wise, serve more than seems necessary, and help more than is asked.

Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.

An idea for a story can be anything. The sky is not the limit, the limit is beyond it.

Not all lucid dreams are useful but they all have a sense of wonder about them. If you must sleep through a third of your life, why should you sleep through your dreams, too?

But You never reject a repentant and humble heart.

China needs a table-tennis-like solidity in football.

There are two components to biological information in the body, one is intention, the other is attention.

Our task is not to make societies safe for globalization, but to make the global system safe for decent societies.

It is the essence of certainty to be established only with reservations.

I'm too full to swallow my pride

My relationship with Barack Obama isn't based on my political philosophy or his.