"The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose."

"To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the making of bread."

"The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side."

"There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment the time is always now."

"It strikes me as odd that the free exercise of religious faith is sometimes treated as a problem, something America is stuck with instead of blessed with."

"It is a unyielding truth that fortitude is the quiet voice at eventide saying: i will try once more tomorrow — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Americans are rising to the tasks of history, and they expect the same of us."

"At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division."