Half of Silicon Valley's got a little bit of autism.

There needs to be a lot more emphasis on what a child CAN do, instead of what he cannot do.

What would happen if the autism gene was eliminated from the gene pool? You would have a bunch of people standing around in a cave, chatting and socializing and not getting anything done.

I am different, not less

The world needs different kinds of minds to work together.

The thing about being autistic is that you gradually get less and less autistic, because you keep learning, you keep learning how to behave. It's like being in a play; I'm always in a play.

If you have a 2 or 3 year old who is not talking, you must start an early intervention program. The worst thing you can do with an autistic 3 year old is to do nothing.

Nature is cruel but we don't have to be

I can remember the frustration of not being able to talk. I knew what I wanted to say, but I could not get the words out, so I would just scream.

I had people in my life who didn't give up on me: my mother, my aunt, my science teacher. I had one-on-one speech therapy. I had a nanny who spent all day playing turn-taking games with me.

People talk about curing autism. But if you got rid of all those traits, who's going to make the next computer?

To recognize that the greatest error is not to have tried and failed, but that in trying, we did not give it our best effort

I work toward the liberation of women, but I'm not feminist. I'm just a woman.

The State is the altar of political freedom and, like the religious altar, it is maintained for the purpose of human sacrifice.

I want to work beyond external aggressions, forget that one has something to do for others if it's not for oneself.

Spiritual process is not about chanting a mantra or closing your eyes, spiritual process is essentially about enhancing your perception.

Recycling, packaging, businesses are changing all of those things because that's what consumers want.

You can escape into a character.

Ignorance is not innocence but sin.

It seems to me that women are freed from their responsibilities only when they are merry widows or eccentric old spinsters.

Any daily activity can be used as an opportunity for meditation.