When the heart has been wounded, it forms scar tissue that acts as an armor around it, which in turn gives it courage to love again.

Forgiveness is a virtue of beauty. You learn to see a person no longer defined by a past but one that has re-created itself anew.

True compassion comes by living in the shoes of another, providing a perspective closer to that of God.

We are transformational beings gravitating closer to the light of oneness.

I have found what I need most to heal a broken bond is time together—the very thing I avoid is the thing most desired.

My existence is just an unfamiliar name and nothing else.

It is better to learn two important lessons in life than a thousand when you are about to die.

As Bob Dole found out, you can't keep a positive image while being your party's mouthpiece in Congress. That's why no legislative leader since James Madison has ever been elected president.

The action is in the interaction.

People don't need to become more aware of poverty - they need to know how to end it.

To have greatly dreamed precludes low ends.

When I came into office, I could have kicked the can down the road for a little while, or I could do the right thing.

It's bliss when you give up all that stuff that separates you from other human beings. It's hard, but you break down all that stuff.

Sometimes Sarah [Chalke] starts to talk about Iraq or whatever and she gets all excited, like I actually give a crap what she's saying. Come on, she's a woman. But still, it's very cute.