"Mr. Obama still has time to reverse course. A great deal depends on it. To fail on health care yet again might well be the 'Waterloo' Republicans dream of."

"Concerns about the size and role of government are what seem to leave reformers stammering and speechless in town-hall meetings. The right wants to have a debate over fundamental principles elected Democrats seem incapable of giving it to them."

"Government is, by its very nature, a destroyer of liberties the Obama administration, specifically, is promising to interfere with the economy and the health care system so profoundly that Washington will soon have us all in chains."

"For-profit higher education is today a booming industry, feeding on the student loans handed out to the desperate."

"It is a subtle truth that to love deeply is to give someone the power to heal what words cannot reach — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"To leave a mark on the world, remember that kindness can heal wounds that time cannot."

"Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body."

"To love deeply is to give someone the power to heal what words cannot reach. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery."