The power of our country relies on the character that comes out of each of our homes.

You can be spiritual all by yourself. Everybody has a soul. But to be religious, it seems like you need other people, and then sometimes it becomes more about the people than the soul.

Porches could be cleaned with a broom in a few minutes, but the soul could not be swept. It had to be shaken. And shaking the loess from a soul took a lifetime and more strength than most people had.

There are struggles you cannot win, but a man can meet his own heart if value is found in loss. Give yourself permission to cry.

The world has a way of dragging down our mood.

I wonder if God hears prayers if the only time you make them is when you’re in trouble.

He knew that prejudice was a necessary part of the weak spirit of some men.

Time does not heal, but it can liberate. A race run well can never be lost.

Hope was always hard to find in the darkness.

Doing without will wear on you until temptation is stronger than character, sometimes.

There is no end to the hatred in men, but there is an end to the hatred in a man. If your hatred is just, and deeds will get you to the end of it, then go and do what must be done.

Which of all my important nothings shall I tell you first?

When politics is no longer a mission but a profession, politicians become more self-serving than public servants.

Knowledge and Experience do not necessarily speak the same language.

Anyone can post messages to the net. Practically everyone does. The resulting cacophony drowns out serious discussion.

I would give something to know for whose sake precisely those deeds were really done which report says were done for the fatherland.

America is conservative in fundamental principles... but the principles conserved are liberal and some, indeed, are radical.

I just get excited... like a painter with a blank canvas.

All countries are particular and no models are perfect.

I was hittin' him with body punches and I hurt him. Actually he was cryin' in there, makin' woman gestures like

James Joyce was a synthesizer, trying to bring in as much as he could. I am an analyzer, trying to leave out as much as I can.