A wise mother knows: It is her state of consciousness that matters. Her gentleness and clarity command respect. Her love creates security.

Right mothering meets the child’s need. Focusing on what the child should not be draws resistant energy. Pointing out what the child should be feeds self-hatred and struggle.

hit with your fist, not with your finger spread

The Wright brothers flew right through the smoke screen of impossibility.

Tennis was a white, upper-class sport, and I wanted it to be treated like other sports were.

As long as we rationalize nuclear weapons as "necessary" in order to save American lives, then nuclear weapons will never be gotten rid of.

Done well, marital sexuality can be a supremely healing experience.

The satisfaction that accompanies good acts is itself not the motivation of the act; satisfaction is not the motive, but only the consequence.

If you are brave too often, people will come to expect it of you.

Whenever government proposes to get involved in the regulation of trade, just be very, very careful about who's behind this proposal, what their motives are.

The opera always loses money. That's as it should be. Opera has no business making money.