corporate America corrupted the watchdogs that were supposed to be guarding the public interest by feeding them under the table.

There's no love more intense than the love we have for our kids - and where there is intense love, there is also intense fear lurking beneath the surface.

Having a partner definitely allows you to take more risks.

There can be no clearer indication of how undemocratic the way we finance campaigns is than the fact that only one-quarter of 1% donate $200 or more, and only one-tenth of 1% gives $1,000 or more.

To live exuberantly, we must be prepared to illuminate the dark spots in ourselves.

There is a purpose to our lives, even if it is sometimes hidden from us, and even if the biggest turning points and heartbreaks only make sense as we look back, rather than as we are experiencing them. So we might as well live life as if - as the poet Rumi put it - everything is rigged in our favor.

Be a go-giver, not a go-getter