I wondered if all a person could hope for was illusion and luck, for I was forced to conclude that the world was fundamentally and appallingly dangerous. It is a lesson I will never forget.

I had been allowed to believe in man's innate goodness for the twenty-two years of my life, and I had hoped to carry the belief with me to my grave.

Mr Reichman was brilliant and very good at what he did, but he was still a man, and men rarely knew what decisions a woman had or hadn't made.

It's not enough to just do your best. You must continue to improve your best.

One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age is that it's such a nice change from being young.

Servant leadership is the foundation and the secret of Sam Walton's ability to achieve team synergy.

I really cut my teeth on off-off-off Broadway shows.

President Eisenhower has given up golf for painting. It takes fewer strokes.

The gift of self cannot be given to us. It is an incomparable gift that has already been given. We have possessed it from the beginning.

I always find it difficult to dress in between seasons, but I quite like putting T-shirts on with a vest over the top and another layer so you can peel them back as the day goes on.

Plato compared the intellect to a charioteer guiding the powerful horses of the passions, i.e., he gave it both the power of perception and the power of control.

Meekness is power under control.

Come what sorrow can, It cannot countervail the exchange of joy, That one short minute gives me in her sight