The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence.

Peace does not rest in the charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of all people. So let us not rest all our hopes on parchment and on paper, let us strive to build peace, a desire for peace, a willingness to work for peace in the hearts and minds of all of our people. I believe that we can. I believe the problems of human destiny are not beyond the reach of human beings.

Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both.

War and hunger and ignorance and despair know no religious barriers.

Above all, we are coming to understand that the arts incarnate the creativity of a free people.

It is a paradoxical truth that tax rates are too high and tax revenues are too low and the soundest way to raise the revenues in the long run is to cut the rates now Cutting taxes now is not to incur a budget deficit, but to achieve the more prosperous, expanding economy which can bring a budget surplus.

If you look throughout human history ... the central epiphany of every religious tradition always occurs in the wilderness.