Bill Moyers

"Patience is the companion of wisdom."

"Creativity is the currency of the future."

"The voice of conscience is the voice of freedom."

"Work that serves only yourself impoverishes the soul."

"Gratitude is the gateway to grace."

"The adventure of life begins when we stop trying to control it."

"Nature is the greatest teacher of interdependence."

"A life of meaning is a life of service."

"The power of storytelling is that it connects us across all divides."

"In solitude, we find ourselves. In community, we find our purpose."

"Success is measured not by what we gain but by what we give."

"Music is the language of the soul."

"Philosophy without practice is sterile. Practice without reflection is blind."

"The courage to fail is the prerequisite for greatness."

"Change begins with imagination. It is sustained by commitment."

"A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching."

"The quality of our lives is determined by the quality of the questions we ask ourselves."

"Without memory, there is no culture. Without culture, there is no civilization."

"I take seriously the trust that has been placed in me to tell the story of my time."

"Democracy only works when citizens are informed and engaged."

"The greatest threat to our democracy is not foreign enemies, but our own apathy."

"Creativity is the greatest rebellion against conformity."

"We are dying from consumption while people are starving from lack of it."

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas at the same time."

"One of the primary functions of art is to help us recover our humanity."

"The job of the journalist is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable."

"Fear is the tool of tyrants, and faith is the tool of free people."

"What does it profit a man to gain the whole world but lose his soul?"

"The truth has a way of setting us free, if we have the courage to face it."

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."