"The echoes of eternity remind us that the pursuit of truth is a lifelong endeavor."

"A resilient spirit knows that the silence between the notes creates the music."

"When people align around shared political, social, economic or environmental values, and take collective action, thinking and behavior that compromises the lives of millions of people around the world can truly change."

"And if you look at the reality in the United States, where you have more than 40 million people below the poverty line and 42 million on food stamps, and then you look at poverty around the world, clearly the way we're running the engine of capitalism is not serving us well."

"Teaching is the only major occupation of man for which we have not yet developed tools that make an average person capable of competence and performance. In teaching we rely on the 'naturals,' the ones who somehow know how to teach."

"We often have to put up with most from those on whom we most depend."

"What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be, I bet that my Redeemer liveth."

"A man of courage is also full of faith."