Until one acknowledges the genius within oneself, one will have great difficulty recognizing it in others.

We change the world not by what we say or do, but as a consequence of what we have become.

The world and humanity were created by God and are therefore divinely inspired and intrinsically holy.

I just realized that I don't have to have an opinion about everything--what a relief!

The teacher must adopt the role of facilitator not content provider.

I am writing about people who are alive in the city of New York during mid-20th-century America. And these people are like a character in a play or they are figures in a short story or a novel.

Everybody improvises without noticing it. Life is about improvising. You can't control what happens in your life, I mean, you don't know what can happen in your life today. So you somehow improvise.

The most successful people I know create superior results yet still maintain a balance among work, family, and recreation in their lives.

It is a ludicrous statistic plucked out of the air and used to justify a quite appalling attack on many of the poorest people in this country.

Here was a monument, in fieldstone, to the art of family life.

In deep waters, you encounter only the wise and the brave; in shallow waters, the ignorant and the coward!

When you treat people well, those same people might not treat you the same way. But if you pay attention, you'll notice that Allah has sent OTHER people who treat you even better.

I am one of the haunted.

...We are all Federalists,and we are all Republicans.