"The only way liberals win national elections is by pretending they're not liberals."

“Two thoughts cannot coexist at the same time: if the clear light of mindfulness is present, there is no room for mental twilight.”

“Don't be a Pollyanna!”

“It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.”

“The writer must have a good imagination to begin with, but the imagination has to be muscular, which means it must be exercised in a disciplined way, day in and day out, by writing, failing, succeeding and revising.”

“To operate a company of the size of Sears Holdings or Wal-Mart or Target or Home Depot or Lowes, you need a combination of skills, and each of those skills needs to be sufficiently strong.”

“America is a great country. We are so wealthy. But our one remaining challenge is to fulfill the potential of all our people. And the only way we can do that is to try to bring everybody together to a higher place.”

Source : FaceBook post by Dick Gephardt from Oct 14, 2016

“Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility.”

Source : Adam Clarke (1831). “Discourses on various subjects relative to the being and attributes of God, and his works in creation, providence, and grace”, p.307

“I felt that even when they were polite they hardly saw me, that they would have begged the pardon of Jack the Bear, never glancing his way if the bear happened to be walking along minding his business. It was confusing. I did not know if it was desirable or undesirable.”