Leaders are people we as followers want to regard with awe as the fullest flowering of our own possibilities.

The source of continuing aliveness was to find your passion and pursue it, with whole heart and single mind.

It is a paradox that as we reach out prime, we also see there is a place where it finishes.

Democratization is not democracy; it is a slogan for the temporary liberalization handed down from an autocrat. Glasnost is not free speech; only free speech, constitutionally guaranteed, is free speech.

The present never ages. Each moment is like a snowflake, unique, unspoiled, unrepeatable, and can be appreciated in its surprisingness.

When you have self-respect, you have enough.

In the many times I have seen Hillary [Clinton] speak, she never fails to dazzle audiences by speaking in paragraphs, without notes.