We see the world through the lens of all our experiences; that is a fundamental part of the human condition.

Inaction, contrary to its reputation for being a refuge, is neither safe nor comfortable.

Contradictory as it seems, malnutrition is a key contributor to obesity.

If we are serious about providing upward mobility and building a skilled workforce, pre-school is the place to begin.

We're all basically made of the same stuff: generosity and selfishness, goodness and greed.

Simply put, when women do well, everybody does better.

One is responsible for one's own life. Passivity provides no protection.

Those who speak up, those who use their connections, are more likely to succeed than those who sit and wait.

It's time to recognize what compromise means: no side wins or loses all.

Money often determines not only who gets elected, but what gets done. Which voices do lawmakers listen to, the banks or home owners, coal companies, or asthma sufferers, the CEOs or the unemployed?

Volunteer activities can foster enormous leadership skills. The nonprofit professional volunteer world is a laboratory for self - realization.

Will turned around slowly, wiping blood from his face. "You're glaring at me," he said to Magnus. "You look like Church before he bites someone.

On the bookshelf of life, God is a useful work of reference, always at hand but seldom consulted.

Technology is not neutral.

All women are feminists, whether they know it or not.

It is not my fault that certain so-called bohemian elements have found in my writings something to hang their peculiar beatnik theories on.

If we want our regulators to do better, we have to embrace a simple idea: regulation isn't an obstacle to thriving free markets; it's a vital part of them.

The central moral issue of science is that we do not have a science of peace and hardly know where to begin in building one.

I've always liked boots. I always think it's better to wear a boot, not a shoe.

We need experience to release what matters.

Do what you do for the sheer joy of it, Do what you choose,not what someone else chooses for you.