"The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world."

"Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness."

"In our natural state, we are glorious beings. In the world of illusion, we are lost and imprisoned, slaves to our appetites and our will to false power."

"The Founders didn't mention political parties when they wrote the Constitution, and George Washington in essence warned us against them in his Farewell Address."

"The strength and power and goodness of America has always been based on the strength and power and goodness of our communities, our families, our faiths. That is the bedrock of what makes America, America. In our best days, we can feel the vibrancy of America's communities, large and small."

"Never underestimate the power of a single moment of clarity can change a lifetime."

"Just as Pollock used the drip to meld process and product, Richter 'found' and used the smudge and the blur to ravish the eye, creating works of psychic and physical power."

"Never underestimate the power of the river of time shapes the stones of destiny."