"If you don't have a spiritual practice in place when times are good, you can't expect to suddenly develop one during a moment of crisis."

“All other goods by Fortune's hands are given; A wife is the peculiar gift of heaven.”

Source : "The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope".

“Innovation, sending civilians to outer space, mapping the mind, curing cancer - all these things, they're great. Obviously these same companies are also making a lot of money and accumulating a lot of our data at the same time, which seemed like independent things and one is beneficial and one is problematic for us as individuals, but in the rush of the new I think a lot of the philosophical, ethical, moral, and legal questions don't get asked in time. It's not in our nature to pause, sit, meditate, question, debate. We move forward. Technology generally answers itself with more technology.”

Source : Source: www.empireonline.com

“The American experience influenced my understanding of individuality, basic human rights, freedom of expression and the rights and responsibilities of citizens.”

“The more you love, the more you crave.”

“I have a respect for Elvis and my friendship. It ain't my business what he did in private. The only thing I want to know is, 'Was he my friend?', 'Did I enjoy him as a performer?', 'Did he give the world of entertainment something?' - and the answer is YES on all accounts. The other jazz just don't matter.”

“I have lived among negroes, all my life, and I am for this Government with slavery under the Constitution as it is. I am for the Government of my fathers with negroes. I am for it without negroes. Before I would see this Government destroyed I would send every negro back to Africa, disintegrated and blotted out of space”

Source : Speech in Indianapolis, Indiana, February 26, 1863.

“In some instances, alimony has become akin to a social-welfare program provided by working women to their ex-husbands.”

Source : "Men Receiving Alimony Want A Little Respect" by Anita Raghavan, www.wsj.com. April 1, 2008.

“In terms of having views and being prepared to express them, yes, I think New Zealand's had a leadership role in a lot of things.”