The trouble is not that we are never happy-it is that happiness is so episodical.

The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences.

I long to speak out the intense inspiration that comes to me from the lives of strong women.

No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking.

The happiest excitement in life is to be convinced that one is fighting for all one is worth on behalf of some clearly seen and deeply felt good, and against some greatly scorned evil.

A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude.

Racism remains in the eyes of history ... merely another instance of the persecution of minorities for the advantage of those in power.

The trouble with life isn't that there is no answer, it's that there are so many answers.

Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future.

liberty is the one thing no man can have unless he grants it to others.

Racism is the dogma that one ethnic group is condemned by nature to congenital inferiority and another group is destined to congenital superiority.

Losing something is difficult while gaining something is easier. So try to gain beauty and make your life prettier.

God has never, in the history of mankind, allowed his name to go long offended.

When I cook, I generally stick with what I know, what I'm comfortable with, and what I feel I've paid my dues learning, and am good at.

Scientists are very much entangled in their culture and this culture is not pristine, untouched by other cultures and practices.

I wear what I like to wear, I don't pick out clothes to try to fit in or whatever, I just like what I like.

What's done to the children is done to society.

The liberality of sentiment toward each other, which marks every political and religious denomination of men in this country, stands unparalleled in the history of nations.

If this is a real work for God it is a real conflict with Satan.

I know I have the ability to do so much more than just stand in front of the camera the rest of my life.

Who wouldn't want to be in 'Star Wars?' It'd be great.