We can pay our debts to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves.

The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.

You think that a wall as solid as the earth separates civilization from barbarism. I tell you the division is a thread, a sheet of glass. A touch here, a push there, and you bring back the reign of Saturn.

Prayer opens the heart to God, and it is the means by which the soul, though empty, is filled by God.

My kids both had Catholic junior school education, which I'm really glad for - it taught them how to be compassionate, how to be kind.

The higher the social class of other students the higher any given student's achievement.

Education is the most powerful tool for everything but certainly to create opportunities for yourself, and I know that not everyone has the privilege of an education like here in America.

Financial literacy is an issue that should command our attention because many Americans are not adequately organizing finances for their education, healthcare and retirement.