Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

What was most significant about the lunar voyage was not that men set foot on the moon but that they set eye on the earth.

The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter.

It is reasonable to expect the doctor to recognize that science may not have all the answers to problems of health and healing.

I had to be reminded that the guitar is infinite. It never stops teaching you, it never stops being difficult; there's an unlimited amount of things to learn, and you'll never master it.

I graduated from Bowdoin College and went to the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Then I left and took a job teaching really poor inner-city white kids in Boston. It was interesting to me because I'd never been around poor whites before.

We need to focus on helping EVERY child to get a world-class education in EVERY school in this country.

Colleges prefer to enroll wealthy students because they know it's more likely that they'll pay for full tuition without needing financial aid. They're also more likely to have parents who will donate large sums of money to the school. When the privileged students graduate, they're expected to join the alumni association and also donate cash.