It is especially painful when narcissists suffer memory loss because they are losing parts of the person they love most.

We are a democratic, egalitarian people who spend our days desperately trying to climb over each other.

It's rare in an administration for a secretary of state and a secretary of defense to get along really well.

[Betsy DeVos] is quite a smart person, capable, pretty sophisticated in subtle thought. And so to me, that puts her in the realm of policy. But we're in a climate where, as today, she tries to visit a school, and she can't even do that because protesters are blocking that.

Highly educated young people are tutored, taught and monitored in all aspects of their lives, except the most important, which is character building. When it comes to this, most universities leave them alone.

Most people don't form a self and then lead a life. They are called by a problem, and the self is constructed gradually by their calling.

The party cannot be competitive nationally unless it's competitive in California, Oregon, Washington, New England, Pennsylvania, along the coasts. And the problem for the party is, you can't get there from here. You can't start out where the current Republicans are and win back those places. To me, what you have to do is create a different Republican Party that can win in those places.