"In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing."

"Our strength is often composed of the weakness that we're damned if we're going to show."

"When suffering comes, we yearn for some sign from God, forgetting we have just had one."

"There are a handful of people whom money won't spoil, and we all count ourselves among them."

"Atheism shows strength of mind, but only to a certain degree."

"True wisdom begins when you realize the strength of a community lies in its compassion."

"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any."

"It is a subtle truth that the test of character in leadership is how one behaves in moments of unvarnished power — an essential principle for the reflective life."