I do think there is a value in the services of judges for long periods of time.

Success is its own reward, but failure is a great teacher too, and not to be feared.

As you discover what strength you can draw from your community in this world from which it stands apart, look outward as well as inward. Build bridges instead of walls.

I do know one thing about me: I don't measure myself by others' expectations or let others define my worth.

Experience has taught me that you cannot value dreams according to the odds of their coming true. Their real value is in stirring within us the will to aspire.

I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life.

Remember that no one succeeds alone. Never walk alone in your future paths.

Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences...our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging.

Until we reach equality in education, we can't reach equality in the larger society.

The Latina in me is an ember that blazes forever.

There are no bystanders in life [...] Our humanity makes us each a part of something greater than ourselves.

And ever so slowly, she sits up, giving herself another chance. She realizes that nobody can make it better. She has to make it better for herself.

Jesus also function on the earth through the power of light. Light, illumination, knowledge, insight, understanding, wisdom. That is their real power on earth

When we're inspired by the desire to practice and transform our suffering, the mind of the moment is very beautiful. Sometimes we call it the mind of love. It's because of love that we practice.

Part of Creator occupies outer part of universe.

I see my body as an instrument, rather than an ornament.

Words. Borne on the ever swelling current of hatred, like flowers opening in the current, petals peeling back, then falling apart.

I'm going to be so much better a president for having been at the CIA that you're not going to believe it.

A man is free in proportion to the measure of his virtues, and the extent to which he is free determines what his virtues can accomplish.

Humility is the distinguishing virtue of the believer in freedom; arrogance, of the paternalist.

Alas, 'tis force alone that can compel to virtuous actions a degenerate people.