My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias.
Only in America could a refugee girl from Central Europe become secretary of state.
Even before I went to the UN, I often would want to say something in a meeting - only woman at the table - and I'd think, 'OK well, I don't think I'll say that. It may sound stupid. ' And then some man says it, and everybody thinks it's completely brilliant, and you are so mad at yourself for not saying something.
Foreign policy is now a huge field. It isn't just people who are studying political science. There are so many aspects to it in terms of understanding hard science for people who are studying climate change, or people who are interested in health policy or food security, or people who care about education.
There is a significant moral difference between a person who commits a violent crime and a person who tries to cross a border illegally in order to put food on the family table. Such migrants my violate our laws against illicit entry, but if that's all they do they are trespassers, not criminals. They deserve to have their dignity respected.
To understand Europe, you have to be a genius - or French.
I do not believe that things happen accidentally; I believe you earn them.
I've heard that the soul often recognizes truth when it hears it, even if the mind does not.
Grace overwhelms us with God's love, and as a result our heart resonates with the desires of God: His purposes become our own.
Whether you are doing it in the bar, the church, the strip joint, or the Himalayas, the first duty of music is to complement and enhance life.
How marvellous it would be if, at the end of the day, each of us could say: today I have performed an act of charity towards others!