I would not look to the United States Constitution if I were drafting a constitution in the year 2012.

Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.

Reading is the key that opens doors to many good things in life. Reading shaped my dreams, and more reading helped me make my dreams come true.

Anger, resentment, envy, and self-pity are wasteful reactions. They greatly drain one's time. They sap energy better devoted to productive endeavors.

We should learn ... to do our best for the sake of our communities and for the sake of those for whom we pave the way.

My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.

Women's rights are an essential part of the overall human rights agenda, trained on the equal dignity and ability to live in freedom all people should enjoy.

If there was one decision I would overrule, it would be Citizens United. I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.

Sometimes people say unkind or thoughtless things, and when they do, it is best to be a little hard of hearing — to tune out and not snap back in anger or impatience.

The emphasis must be not on the right to abortion but on the right to privacy and reproductive control.

Frankly I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don't want to have too many of.

For a peaceful life: think about peace, talk about peace, give away peace, and fill the world with peace.

Calling it as you see it, should include yourself as well.

How easily we get trapped in that which is not essential - in looking good, winning at competition, gathering power and wealth - when simply being alive is the gift beyond measure.

Fair play is an English word. It is not a French word, and it has been copied all over the world. Unfortunately, it does not function any more here.

Children find everything in nothing; men find nothing in everything.

Also, stick around. Don't lose your heart, just keep going, keep at it.

Get as rude as possible and don't let anyone tell you how to live.

I could never stop drugs, I could never stop drinking, until I received my spiritual awakening.

He on whom heaven confers a sceptre knows not the weight till he bears it.

I thought of Emmett Till, and when the bus driver ordered me to move to the back, I just couldn’t move.