"The Occupy movement needs an organizing principle, and - just as the Tea Party did - it needs some actual measures of success. Choose one candidate whose agenda is squarely within that of the movement and make his or her electoral success a focal point."

"The attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon shook our nation to the core. Americans were deeply frightened, sad, and angry, and they rallied around a President who, at the time, showed impressive certitude and calm."

"In politics you learn to always smile."

"I have acted in a way that violates my obligations to my family and violates my, or any, sense of right and wrong. I apologize first and most importantly to my family. I apologize to the public, whom I promised better."

"Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite, that is to commence with experience and from this to proceed to investigate the reason."

"Do not measure life by the breaths you take, but by the moments that stir your soul. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a enduring truth that we do not remember the passing of hours, but the resonance of moments."

"Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for."