I am convinced that it is not the fear of death, of our lives ending, that haunts our sleep so much as the fear that as far as the world is concerned, we might as well never have lived.

There is no right way to do a wrong thing.

We are here to change the world with small acts of thoughtfulness done daily rather than with one great breakthrough.

One man alone can't defeat the forces of evil, but many good people coming together can.

When facing a dilemma, choose the more morally demanding alternative.

If that were God's plan, it's a bad bargain; I don't want to have to deal with a God like that...My sense is God and I came to an accommodation with each other a couple of decades ago, where he's gotten used to the things that I'm not capable of and I've come to terms with things he's not capable of...and we care very much about each other.

The happiest people I know are people who don't even think about being happy. They just think about being good neighbors, good people. And then happiness sort of sneaks in the back window while they are busy doing good.