Ordinary people are capable of doing extraordinary things, and that's what it's all about. They must count.

I read somewhere that when a person takes part in community action, his health improves. Something happens to him or to her biologically. It's like a tonic.

I thought, if ever there were a time to write a book about hope, it's now.

We use the word 'hope' perhaps more often than any other word in the vocabulary: 'I hope it's a nice day.' 'Hopefully, you're doing well.' 'So how are things going along? Pretty good. Going to be good tomorrow? Hope so.'

I presumably lost $150,000 in the depression of 1937—on my one stock investment—because I did everything Lehman Brothers told me. I said, well, this is a fool’s procedure . . . buying stock in other people’s businesses.

I want, of course, peace, grace, and beauty. How do you do that? You work for it.

Never go to bed with someone whose problems are greater than yours.