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

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.

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

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

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.

You'd be surprised how many people in the modern age no longer fear zombies as much as teletubies.

Knowledge is truth.

In olden times sacrifices were made at the altar a custom which is still continued.

We live in a country where a small number of people have incredible wealth and power. America has more income and wealth inequality than any other major country.

Beliefs and thoughts alter cells in your body.

Nothing in the whole world is of interest to me but my painting and my flowers.

Must's a schoolroom in the month of may

Fair words never hurt the tongue.

It just felt like all the excitement in the world was in the building [at the Democratic convention].

The key point to bear in mind is that Russia cannot be in Europe without Ukraine also being in Europe, whereas Ukraine can be in Europe without Russia being in Europe.