Folks crying and fanning and trying to keep a stray eye on the children, but they don't stare at Sofia and her sisters. They act like this the way it always done. I love folks.

It is because when you truly love someone you wish them no suffering, although they must suffer, just in the course of life. You are always reaching out to them, to heal them. They instinctively do the same for you.

the only way to stop making somebody the serpent is for everybody to accept everybody else as a child of God

The American story depends not on any one of us, not on some of us, but on all of us.

History, faith, and reason show the way--the way of unity. We can see each other, not as adversaries, but as neighbors. We can treat each other with dignity and respect. We can join forces, stop the shouting, and lower the temperature. For without unity, there is no peace, only bitterness and fury.

I'm not for gay marriage, but I'm not for discriminating against people.

Sometimes you may have to trade places with someone who is hurting.

The apostle Paul says, "Dress in the wardrobe God picked out for you: kindness and compassion.

Are you writing off someone because they don't believe, they're not making good decisions, they're against what you stand for? Start sowing seeds of love, showing mercy instead of judgment.

It's not always the big things that keep us from God's best; it's the small things. How we treat people matters. You can't be harsh, contentious, hard to get along with, and reach your potential. Be kind, loving, respectful.

Freemasonry is an establishment founded on the benevolent intention of extending and conferring mutual happiness upon the best and truest principles of moral life and social virtue.

I prefer to conduct my life based on how I treat people.