“The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.”

“The moral test of government is how it treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life the sick...”

“Johnson had a sense of humor, and he could kid with me, he would say. Johnson didnt enjoy talking with most liberals. He didnt think they had a sense of humor.”

“The greatest gift of life is friendship and I have received it.”

“The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.”

“A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office.”

“Lost Time is never found again.”

“How you spend your time is more important than how you spend your money. Money mistakes can be corrected, but time is gone forever.”

“Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them.”

“I'm choosing happiness over suffering, I know I am. I'm making space for the unknown future to fill up my life with yet-to-come surprises.”

“Future warns us through current symptoms in nature.”

“Human relationships always help us to carry on because they always presuppose further developments, a future - and also because we live as if our only task was precisely to have relationships with ...”

“Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.”

“As time and space are bent by gravity, so too is truth bent by power.”

“What a curious power words have.”