"One problem with being a leader, is that even among your friends you are alone, for it is you -- and you alone -- to whom the others look for final guidance."

“Voting is one of the few things where boycotting in protest clearly makes the problem worse rather than better.”

“No two people will ever see or feel things in the same way, Merry. The challenge is to be truthful when you write. Don't approximate. Don't settle for the easiest combination of words. Go searching instead for those that explain exactly what you think. What you feel.”

Source : Kate Morton (2011). “The Distant Hours: A Novel”, p.229, Simon and Schuster

“We cover hamburgers, chicken, veggie burgers, salads, we've got a pretty broad range. To me, McDonald's isn't only about the food. It's about the prices, it's about the way we eat.”

“Evangelization through the Eucharist, in the Eucharist, and from the Eucharist - these are three inseparable aspects of how the Church lives the mystery of Christ and fulfills her mission of communicating it to all people.... In addition to the preaching of the message, the consummation of evangelization consists in the building up of the Church, which has no real existence without the sacramental life culminating in the Blessed Eucharist”

“Once the true relationship between inflation and unemployment is understood, with luck and skill, a free lunch is possible.”

Source : "The Death of Economics". Book by Paul Ormerod, 1994.

“Another hallmark of Christianity is that salvation is not individualistic-it's not something one person receives for himself or herself. Salvation is the reign of God. It is a political alternative to the way the world is constituted. That's a very important part of the story that has been lost to accounts of salvation that are centered in the individual. But without an understanding that salvation is the reign of God, the need for the church to mediate salvation makes no sense at all.”

Source : Stanley Hauerwas (2001). “The Hauerwas Reader”, p.533, Duke University Press

“Public speaking professionals say that you win or lose the battle to hold your audience in the first 30 seconds of a given presentation.”

Source : John Medina (2014). “Brain Rules (Updated and Expanded): 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School”, p.78, Pear Press

“My son is a blessing in every way.”