The freedom to criticize judges and other public officials is necessary to a vibrant democracy. The problem comes when healthy criticism is replaced with more destructive intimidation and sanctions.

The Establishment Clause prohibits government from making adherence to a religion relevant in any way to a person's standing in the political community.

Do the best you can in every task, no matter how unimportant it may seem at the time. No one learns more about a problem than the person at the bottom.

I think the important thing about my appointment is not that I will decide cases as a woman, but that I am a woman who will get to decide cases.

The framers of the Constitution were so clear in the federalist papers and elsewhere that they felt an independent judiciary was critical to the success of the nation.

Unfortunately civility is hard to codify or legislate, but you know it when you see it. It's possible to disagree without being disagreeable.

We don't accomplish anything in this world alone.

Be aware that even before you have reached your ultimate professional destination, if you always strive for excellence, you can and should have a substantial impact on the world in which you live.

This chance will stand before you only once.

The power I exert on the court depends on the power of the power of my arguments, not my gender

We have a complex system of government. You have to teach it to every generation.

I loved him... much more than I liked him. And therein was the beginning of the end.

Staying aloof from what's keeping you away from Him is not works.

If you're lucky enough to be famous, then it's great if you can use your fame and the power your fame gives you to draw attention to things that really matter.

Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm schizophrenic, and so am I.

If people tell you what you really don't want to hear what's unpleasant-there's an almost automatic reaction of antipathy. You have to train yourself out of it.

There is no path to Happiness. Happiness is the path. There is no path to Love. Love is the path. There is no path to Peace. Peace is the path.

Look: We hate nothing that exists, not even death, suffering and dying, does not horrify our souls, as long as we learn more deeply to love.

The best use of a journal is to print the largest practical amount of important truth: truth which tends to make mankind wiser, and thus happier.

One is ever young in the presence of the God of Truth, or Truth which is God.

Trash has given us an appetite for art.