My favorite Let It Out section entries form last year that are strung above my desk:

"Have you ever noticed that the people who complain loudest about immigrants not learning to speak English fast enough are the Americans who were born here, yet still can't speak proper English themselves?"

"There is no such thing as a smart Democrat. The two terms are mutually exclusive."

"Why is violence more accepted than sex by our society? Sex is a lot more fun."

"Give someone a piece of your heart, not a piece of your mind."

"Why do we have to be conservative or liberal, Republican or Democrat? I think we'd get along better if we were all trying to be Americans."

"Something you need most might be something you turn away from, something you turn away from might be something you regret, and something you regret, in the end, might cost you the one chance you had."

"Love is like playing a piano. First you must learn to play by the rules, then you must forget the rules and play from your heart."

"Look for the positive qualities in every person you meet, and help them see these characteristics as strenghts that they possess."

"Although we do not choose the ways we aer hurt, it's up to us to choose the ways we will heal."

"The world is like a mirror. If you face it smiling, it'll smile right back."

"We don't change God's word; God's word changes us."

"You don't love a woman because she is beautiful, but she is beautiful because you love her."

"Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand."

"God will straighten it all out when he is ready."

"Can vegetarians eat animal crackers?"

"You're living proof that some nice guys finish first."

"Everbody stumbles now and then. The key to success is to pick yourself up and start over again."

"When the aliens come, they'll eat the fat ones first."

"Has anyone just stopped and looked at the changing leaves lately? They are so pretty!"

"Some people love drama!"

"Trust the past to God's mercy, the present to God's love and the future to God's providence"

"There are only two things you can really depend on: One is the changeableness of life, and the other is the unchanging self within you."

"Ask the Lord to give you strength to get through every day."

"Gggrrrrrrr! Tha's all I get out of Let It Out. Where are the happy people?"

"My heart is alive from the wonderful woman I have met. I underestimated her charm and wit.

"I love my college!"

"If a lie is told often enough and loud enough, it is still just a lie."

"People who start the day on their knees generally go through it on their toes!"

"Your perception isn't necessarialy my reality."

"Those who follow the crowd are quickly lost in it."

"Living ever day like it's your last is an absurd concept. Think of all the deposits that you would have paid to the funeral directors!"

"Physical courage is commonplace; moral courage is rare."

"Organized people are just too lazy to look for things."

"Wisdom does not come witha ge. It comes form learning, and if you don't keep learning something new, they you are a dumb old geezer!"

"Five rules to be happy:
1. Free you heart form hatred.
2. Free your mind from worrries.
3. Live simply.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less."

"The current tax situation where the rich are taxed at a higher rate than the poor is socialism. If we live in the land of the free where all are created equil, then why not a flat-tax system?"