The children to whom we read simple stories may or may not show gratitude, but each boon we give strengthens the pillars of the world.

There's something beautiful about the fact that Obama was not just elected, but elected decisively across racial, and socio-economic and cultural groups and that we all celebrated in his win.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

I believe that each of us comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory. So at this wonderful, young age of 65, I don't know yet what the Lord has for me to do. I try to live up to the energy and to the calling, but I wouldn't dare say I have even scratched the surface yet.

The most difficult thing in the world, it seems to me, is to realize that I am a child of God; to keep that in my mind all the time.

The trouble for the thief is not how to steal the chief’s bugle, but where to blow it.

Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.