Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make the attempt. That's morality, that's religion, that's art, that's life.

The fortunes of the entire world may well ride on the ability of young Americans to face the responsibilities of an old America gone mad.

Leaving America is like losing twenty pounds and finding a new girlfriend.

In such ugly times, the only true protest is beauty.

The best part of one's life is the working part, the creative part. Believe me, I love to succeed... However, the real spiritual and emotional excitement is in the doing.

If you hope for happiness in the world, hope for it from God, and not from the world.

My coming to faith did not start with a leap but rather a series of staggers from what seemed like one safe place to another. Like lily pads, round and green, these places summoned and then held me up while I grew. Each prepared me for the next leaf on which I would land, and in this way I moved across the swamp of doubt and fear.

If a minister can lead the Senate in prayer every day... what is so wrong with beginning every day of school with an ecumenical prayer?