The mid-life crisis hits men harder than women.

We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history.

It's only when we have nothing else to hold onto that we're willing to try something very audacious and scary.

Freedom is necessary for honesty, honesty for integrity, integrity for power, power for creativity, and all of them for intimacy.

Women have to risk civil disobedience for their rights.

Women cannot serve two masters at once who are urgently beaming antithetical orders.... Either we believe in patriarchy the rule of men over women - or we believe in equality.

We don't need someone to show us the ropes. We are the ones we've been waiting for. Deep inside us we know the feelings we need to guide us. Our task is to learn to trust our inner knowing.

I like to remind people what radical means -- 'at the root of things.' It shouldn't be considered a pejorative. There isn't a great name out of history you can pick who wasn't 'radical.

Language, as symbol, determines much of the nature and quality of our experience.

All bonafide revolutions are of necessity revolutions of the spirit.

What we have most to fear is failure of the heart.

The only power you have is the word no.

There is no historic incident better or more variously supported than the resurrection of Christ.

My childhood here... was very limited. So it was a long, long time before I actually went out to Brooklyn.

I have actually seen people contemplate their navels

The subtle performances of the leads, the remarkable Irrfan Khan and the engaging Nimrat Kaur, make 'The Lunchbox' a pleasure to watch.

Every noble deed dieth, if suppressed in silence.

The joy of accomplishment is the greatest joy there is.

Because of where I come from, I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President.

If mankind had wished for what is right, they might have had it long ago.