We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.

The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.

What are the things that you can't see that are important? I would say justice, truth, humility, service, compassion, love...They're the guiding lights of a life.

America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.

We cannot be both the world's leading champion of peace and the world's leading supplier of the weapons of war.

All I want is the same thing you want. To have a nation with a government that is as good and honest and decent and competent and compassionate and as filled with love as are the American people.

We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.

The test of a government is not how popular it is with the powerful and privileged few but how honestly and fairly it deals with the many who must depend on it.

America has no functioning democracy at this moment.

If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.

It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors.

He is a weapon, a killer. Do not forget it. You can use a spear as a walking stick, but that will not change its nature.

Discover the inner beauty and wonder within your heart. When you open then follow your Heart your life will become truly wonderful.

Truth is different at different stages of wisdom and awareness.

Faith hasn't got no eyes but she's long-legged.

You can't test courage cautiously.

All my life I have longed to have a loving relationship that would last a lifetime.

I don't know about other people, but when I wake up in the morning and put my shoes on, I think, Jesus Christ, now what?

Do not make the mistake of holding your idea close to your chest… Submit it to the criticism of the judicious.

To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs.

The evidence unmistakably indicates that you have to spend money in order to make money.