"I feel that if you're in the public eye in any way that you do have a little bit of influence on people."

“In all the antique religions, mythology takes the place of dogma; that is, the sacred lore of priests and people... and these stories afford the only explanation that is offered of the precepts of religion and the prescribed rules of ritual.”

Source : William Robertson Smith (1907). “Religion of the Semites (Ppr)”, p.17, Transaction Publishers

“What are the enabling conditions that make human beings flourish? How do we get from zero to plus five?”

“You can smile when your heart is breaking because you're a woman.”

“There's something that happens in that delivery room, when a woman becomes ten times more a woman, and a guy becomes six times less a man. You feel really dopey and useless and like a spectator. I did, anyway.”

Source : "‘Pretty Little Liars’ EP Explains How Spencer and Caleb Ended up Together, Teases What’s Down Sara’s Ladder". Interview with Reid Nakamura, www.thewrap.com. February 16, 2016.

“The child awakens to a universe. The mind of the child to a world of meaning. Imagination to a world of beauty. Emotions to a world of intimacy. It takes a universe to make a child both in outer form and inner spirit. It takes a universe to educate a child. A universe to fulfill a child.”

“The state of Israel must, from time to time, prove clearly that it is strong, and able and willing to use force, in a devastating and highly effective way. If it does not prove this, it will be swallowed up, and perhaps wiped off the face of the earth.”

“I didn't really want to kill myself, it just made me feel better to know I could if I wanted to.”

“I'm one of the most joyous people I've ever met.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org