We've climbed the mighty mountain. I see the valley below, and it's a valley of peace.

In the whole round of human affairs little is so fatal to peace as misunderstanding.

We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.

There are more than 300,000 families in the Gulf region that lost their homes and are waiting for peace of mind. The hurricane exposed the sad reality of poverty in America. We saw, in all its horrific detail, the vulnerabilities of living in inadequate housing and the heartbreak of losing one's home.

Maybe it's like becoming one with the cigar. You lose yourself in it everything fades away: your worries, your problems, your thoughts. They fade into the smoke, and the cigar and you are at peace.