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.

I think a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people.

I'm a spring leaf trembling in anticipation.

We all have that possibility, that potential and that promise of seeing beyond the seeming.

Even here in America, we felt the cool, refreshing breeze of freedom when Nelson Mandela took the seat of Presidency in his country where formerly he was not even allowed to vote. We were enlarged by tears of pride as we saw Nelson Mandela's former prison guards invited, courteously, by him to watch from the front rows his inauguration.

The most called-upon prerequisite of a friend is an accessible ear.

I think Clinton, after getting into office and into Washington, was shocked at being bludgeoned. So he spent time trying to be all things to all people - one way guaranteed not to be successful or respected in a lion's den. You can't just play around with all those big cats - you've got to take somebody on.