God gives the world enough of what it needs. All He asks is that we distribute what He gives.
The U. S. -China relationship, of course, has elements of both cooperation and competition.
I urge North Koreas leaders to reflect on Burmas experience. While the work of reform is ongoing, Burma has already broken out of isolation and opened the door to a far better future for its people.
Iran is isolated on its nuclear program and support for terrorism.
President Obama has been clear about the future that the United States seeks. . . when it comes to the Asia-Pacific, the United States is all in.
More terrorists and extremists have been captured or killed in Pakistan than in any place in the world.
He that drinks beer, thinks beer.
I believe strongly in what John Keats called negative capability: the trait or practice that allows a poet to remain in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact & reason. For Keats, William Shakespeare exemplified negative capability, and I do think it's extraordinary that for all the thousands of pages Shakespeare left behind, we really don't know much about Shakespeare's own personality or opinions.
I think the most romantic thing you can do is just turn up. Turn up when it's difficult for you. Travel halfway around the world or just up the road. Whatever it is, just be there.
To reclaim the prodigal is well, but to save him from ever being a prodigal is better.