If the grain of wheat could know fear, it would be paralyzed with anxiety at the thought of being dropped in the ground, covered over, put out of sight, doomed to inactivity, yet what a glorious harvest awaits it!

It's very dramatic when two people come together to work something out. It's easy to take a gun and annihilate your opposition, but what is really exciting to me is to see people with differing views come together and finally respect each other.

Little by little we human beings are confronted with situations that give us more and more clues that we are not perfect.

For children, play is exceedingly seriously & important

What really matters is not just our own winning but helping other people to win, too.

One of the greatest dignities of humankind is that each successive generation is invested in the welfare of each new generation.

When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping." To this day, especially in times of "disaster," I remember my mother's words and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers – so many caring people in this world.