Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.

The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.

Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.

Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.

One of the critical issues that we have to confront is illegal immigration, because this is a multi-headed Hydra that affects our economy, our health care, our health care, our education systems, our national security, and also our local criminality.

One of the reasons I get so much joy out of my own children's childhoods is that I'm having my first childhood myself.

Part of the joy of writing for kids is that you have to have a real adventure story. You can get really involved in the fantastic in a way that perhaps you can't so much in adult fiction.

We have the tendency to run away from suffering and to look for happiness. But, in fact, if you have not suffered, you have no chance to experience real happiness.