Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.

A rebellion is not a revolution. It may ultimately lead to that end.

America isn't Congress. America isn't Washington. America is the striving immigrant who starts a business, or the mom who works two low-wage jobs to give her kid a better life. America is the union leader and the CEO who put aside their differences to make the economy stronger.

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.

No real change in history has ever been achieved by discussion.

You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

Mother's milk is available only to the offsprings of mammals. Birds, insects, aquatic beings and many other life forms have other own ways of feeding their young.

We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.

But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac.

The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.

If you emulate somebody, you may create an identity crisis for yourself.

Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth.