To all those mothers and fathers who are struggling with teen-agers, I say, just be patient: even though it looks like you can't do anything right for a number of years, parents become popular again when kids reach 20.

Don't just dream about grandiose acts of doing good. Every day do small ones, that add up over time to positive patterns.

It is a spiritually impoverished nation that permits infants and children to be the poorest Americans.

Every child’s life is sacred and it is long past time that we protect it.

I was taught that the world had a lot of problems; that I could struggle and change them; that intellectual and material gifts brought the privilege and responsibility of sharing with others less fortunate; and that service is the rent each of us pays for living - the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time or after you have reached your personal goals.

History does not pose problems without eventually producing the solutions.

I also grew up with community co-parents who looked out for each other. They looked out for children and tried to be the hands of God. They tried to live their faith.