What is life but an unpleasant interruption to a peaceful nonexistence.
I'm not a Democrat, I'm an Independent, but I caucus with the Democrats.
A nation will not survive morally or economically when so few have so much and so many have so little.
I am going to do my best to try to create a country in which children are not living in poverty, in which kids can go to college, in which old people have health care. Will I succeed? I can't guarantee you that, but I can tell you that from a human point of view it is better to show up than to give up.
The problems we face, did not come down from the heavens. They are made, they are made by bad human decisions, and good human decisions can change them.
Finally, let understand that when we stand together, we will always win. When men and women stand together for justice, we win. When black, white and Hispanic people stand together for justice, we win.
Real change never occurs from the top on down, [but] always from the bottom on up.
You may think of me as an object of desire and I'm going to tell you that I can be in front of you naked and not be erotic.
Compassion arises naturally as the quivering of the heart in the face of pain, ours and another's. True compassion is not limited by the separateness of pity, nor by the fear of being overwhelmed. When we come to rest in the great heart of compassion, we discover a capacity to bear witness to, suffer with, and hold dear with our own vulnerable heart the sorrows and beauties of the world.
Let us fill our hearts with our own compassion - towards ourselves and towards all living beings.
The reason I became such a successful athlete was my mind was saying that no matter who you put up against me, I am better, I am the best.