Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.

Politics is chiefly a function of culture, at the heart of culture is morality, and at the heart of morality is religion.

Richard John Neuhaus

I've managed to keep a clear head and remain sane in this business because I remain a kid off-camera.

Leonardo DiCaprio

For those of you who thought you'd be forgotten, The friends you've made will try their best, to make it so. Think of all the beauty that you left behind you. You can take it if you want it, and then let it go.

Zooey Deschanel

I could not imagine that we should make much of an effort to preserve remainders of natural beauty in conquered Poland.

Fritz Todt

Never separate the life you live from the words you speak.

Paul Wellstone

For any of us in this room today, let's start out by admitting we're lucky. We don't live in the world our mothers lived in, our grandmothers lived in, where career choices for women were so limited.

Sheryl Sandberg

When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.

John F. Kennedy

To a profound pessimist about life, being in danger is not depressing.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.

Angela Davis

And as for the unbelievers, their works are as a mirage in a spacious plain which the man athirst supposes to be water, till when he comes to it, he finds it is nothing; there indeed he finds God, and He pays him his account in full; (and God is swift at the reckoning).

Qur'an

But the best thing Washington can do for education is realize that our role is limited. Washington must keep its promises, but let those who know our childrens' names- parents, teachers and school board members- make education decisions.

Mark Kennedy

In a democracy, citizens pass judgment on their government, and if they are kept in the dark about what their government is doing, they cannot be in a position to make well-grounded decisions.

Peter Singer