What is the essence of America? The essence of America is finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom "to" and freedom "from."

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.

Know how and how much to tip people who expect gratuities, even in the case of poor service.

Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.

Working in an office with an array of electronic devices is like trying to get something done at home with half a dozen small children around. The calls for attention are constant.

Be able to hiccup silently, or at least without alerting neighbors to your situation. The first hiccup is an exception.

Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument.

Skill is successfully walking a tightrope between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center. Intelligence is not trying.

Know the official post office abbreviations for all 50 states without having to consult a list.

There's plenty of intelligence in the world, but the courage to do things differently is in short supply.

Life reality tells us that to grow physically, you first need to grow inwardly

Pantheism, seeing the natural world as divine, is a very different thing than seeing divine God present in all things

I could safely declare, I am an idealist... I believe in everything - I am only looking for proofs.

Poetry is fired by love.

Thus it is necessary to commence from an inescapable duality: the finite is not the infinite.

The resources of a university, of a college, should not be wasted in merely academic pursuits.

They knocked out Bernie [Sanders] as they would have knocked him out, like [Barack] Obama if he came into office. So I don't think the Democratic Party is going to solve it for us.

I would imagine that if you could understand Morse code, a tap dancer would drive you crazy.

I didn't hear him because my two Stanley Cup rings were plugging my ears.

Even one hair has a shadow.