Here at home when Americans were standing in long lines to give blood after the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon we squandered an obvious opportunity to make service a noble cause again and rekindle an American spirit of community.

One of the great privileges of having grown up in a middle-class literary English household but having gone to school in the front lines in Southeast London was that I became half-street-urchin and half-good-boy at home. I knew that dichotomy was possible.

Meditation while walking has a long noble history in ancient spiritual disciplines.

The truth is women use contraception not only as a way to prevent unintended pregnancies but also to improve their health and the health of their families. Increased access to contraception is directly linked to declines in maternal and infant mortality.

The idea of making access to safe abortions harder and more expensive and more difficult having to travel across state lines - that puts women's health and lives in jeopardy which is something I think no one wants.

I love walking down the street and seeing faces and drama and happiness and sadness and dirt and cleanliness.

Holiness not happiness is the chief end of man.

There were times when I had great times with my brothers pillow fights and things but I was used to always cry from loneliness.

Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for great enough to die for.

Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch Life from the side lines. For those who play the game an hour may be a year a single day's work an achievement for eternity.