Whenever evil befalls us, we ought to ask ourselves, after the first suffering, how we can turn it into good. So shall we take occasion, from one bitter root, to raise perhaps many flowers.
Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion.
We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex--but Congress can.
He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave.
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Like anyone else, there are days I feel beautiful and days I don't, and when I don't, I do something about it.
The toughest question has always been, "How do you get your ideas?" How do you answer that? It's like asking runners how they run, or singers how they sing. They just do it!