"My greatest responsibility is to acknowledge the mistakes and the shortcomings of the country in which I live, to acknowledge my privileges, and to try to make it a better place."

“The more we run from a problem, the more we're actually running into it.”

Source : "Want to be happy? Slow down". Interview with Guy Raz, ideas.ted.com. January 23, 2015.

“God loves us completely. And He knew us at our worst before He ever began to love us at all.”

“The public forgot Bofors, soon they will forget this as well”

“I like my lyrics to feel conversational and truthful, as if we're having real talk. I don't really like generic lyrics.”

“Health is worth more than learning.”

“Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.”

Source : "50 stunning Olympic moments No35: Wilma Rudolph's triple gold in 1960" by Rob Bagchi, www.theguardian.com. June 1, 2012.

“When Joseph received the revelation that we have in our possession concerning the [baptism of the] dead, the subject was opened to him, not in full but in part... Then women were baptized for men and men for women, & c.”

“Christian is a great noun and a poor adjective”