I was one of those daughters who saw my mother as my enemy when I was a teen.

For most women, the language of conversation is primarily a language of rapport: a way of establishing connections and negotiating relationships.

The biggest mistake is believing there is one right way to listen, to talk, to have a conversation - or a relationship.

Part of the reason images of women in positions of authority are marked by their gender is that the very notion of authority is associated with maleness.

Male-female conversation is cross-cultural communication

Many men honestly do not know what women want, and women honestly do not know why men find what they want so hard to comprehend and deliver.

We tend to look through language and not realize how much power language has

Cooperation isn't the absence of conflict but a means of managing conflict.

The desire for freedom and independence becomes more of an issue for many men in relationships, whereas interdependence and connection become more of an issue for many women.

More men feel comfortable doing "public speaking," while more women feel comfortable doing "private" speaking.

We all know we are unique individuals, but we tend to see others as representatives of groups.

Wisdom is justified by all her children.Luke 7:35

And I finally understood something--why had it taken me so long? Sometimes people lie because they love you.

If we do not learn by heart, the heart does not feel the rhythms of poetry as echoes or variations of its own insistent beat.

Bolshevism in its proper perspective, namely, as the most recent development in the age-long struggle waged by the Jewish Nation against...Christ.

Leaf! you are so big! How can you change your color, then just fall! As if there were no such thing as integrity!

We wanted a periodical that would help people live richer, fuller, freer, more self-directed lives.

Man can will nothing unless he has first understood that he must count on no one but himself.

I text my girlfriends. I look at Facebook. I check my e-mail. If I'm away from the news cycle more than a few hours, I feel out of touch.

The Gospel is nothing less than laughter and joy.

Most scientists I know don't care enough about religion even to call themselves atheists.