When I rode the train west, I went looking for something, but I didn't see anything wonderful.I didn't see anything better than what I already had.Home.

The way I see it, hard times aren't only about money, or drought, or dust.Hard times are about losing spirit, and hope, and what happens when dreams dry up.

I turn my back on him as he goes, and settle myself in the parlor, and touch Ma's piano.My fingers leave sighsin the dust.

...the morning with the whole day waiting, full of promise, the nightof quiet, of no expectations, of rest.And the certainty of home, the one I live in, and the onethat lives in me.

Thy life is safe while any god saves mine.

No social system will bring us happiness health and prosperity unless it is inspired by something greater than materialism.

Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.

If I could create one job in the private sector by helping to grow a business, that would be one more than Congress has created in the last six months.

I think we need to start thinking about grounding our moral systems in our biology.

Don't pray for lighter burdens, but for stronger backs.

There is no difference in principle, ... between the economic philosophy of Nazism, socialism, communism, and fascism and that of the American welfare state and regulated economy.

Americans have been selling this view around the world: that progress comes from perfect protection of intellectual property.

A face peered. All the grey night In chaos of vacancy shone; Nought but vast Sorrow was there The sweet cheat gone.