"It is a quiet truth that every season of life has its own unique blossom, if only we take care to notice — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"A courageous heart knows that every choice we make paints the canvas of our life."

"The universe speaks in the silent dialect of universal natural laws. Such is the immutable nature of understanding — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets."

"If physical death is the price that I must pay to free my white brothers and sisters from a permanent death of the spirit, then nothing can be more redemptive."

"The paradox of freedom is that every choice we make paints the canvas of our life."

"Perhaps religious conscience upsets the designs of those who feel that the highest wisdom and authority comes from government. But from the beginning, this nation trusted in God, not man. Religious liberty is the first freedom in our Constitution."

"The framers of our Constitution meant we were to have freedom of religion, not freedom from religion."