“Success is like a seed: the more you plant, the more you receive.”

“Divided attention destroys best intentions. Singular focus is the friend to success.”

“You don't gain authority by raising your voice. You prove you don't have any.”

“If you're not parenting on purpose, don't be surprised when you get chaos from the children.”

“If parents were as concerened about raising their children as they are about the outcome of their sitcom or sports game, this nation would thrive.”

“Parenting the outside of the child is as useless as polishing a rotten apple.”

“Some people don't understand the promises they're making when they make them," I said."Right, of course. But you keep the promise anyway. That's what love is. Love is keeping the promise anyway.”

“I think if I've learned anything about friendship, it's to hang in, stay connected, fight for them, and let them fight for you. Don't walk away, don't be distracted, don't be too busy or tired, don...”

“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”

“We prefer to imagine brutal wars and atrocities as events that "just happen" every now and then, much like tornadoes or lightning strikes; this metaphor suggests that we can't generalize from them,...”

“The people of Hiroshima went to work at once to restore human society in the aftermath of the great atomic flood. They were concerned to salvage their own lives, but in the process they also salvag...”

“Along with individual responsibility goes some societal responsibility to enable young people and their parents to do what they need to do. Otherwise, what is a society?”