A hard heart makes for hard judgments; a compassionate heart understands the humanity of the one we presume to judge.

A life of value is not a series of great things well done; it is a series of small things consciously done.

Real failure comes when we consider ourselves good enough at something to be able to repeat it rather than to develop it. "Success is dangerous," the painter Pablo Picasso said. "One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility."

Awareness of the sacred in life is what holds our world together, and the lack of awareness of the sacred is what is tearing it apart.

The purpose of leadership is not to make the present bearable. The purpose of leadership is to make the future possible.

Hope grows in us, despite our moments of darkness, regardless of our regular bouts of depression.

I have to be honest with you, it never occurred to me, as years went by, that my country would look like this as I grew into it, and as it grew into a different world. That's why I keep pressing the notion that we must seek wisdom.