There are gender health differences, and we need to know what they are.

Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open.

It's really important for people who are HIV positive to reach out to let other people know that they can be tested, they can find out they can still live a life -- a positive life, a happy life.

Leadership is not about popularity, it is about doing what is right.

Every child in American should have access to a well-stocked school library.

Women have a better chance to secure freedom and protect themselves from violence, from abuse, from injustice, if they are well-educated and know their rights.

Children who are read to learn two things: First, that reading is worthwhile, and second, that they are worthwhile.

I have found the most valuable thing in my wallet is my library card.

The power of a book lies in its power to turn a solitary act into a shared vision. As long as we have books, we are not alone.

A love of books, of holding a book, turning its pages, looking at its pictures, and living its fascinating stories goes hand-in-hand with a love of learning.

Libraries offer, for free, the wisdom of the ages--and sages--and, simply put, there's something for everyone inside.

Always take a compliment, Caroline. Always take it for the way it was intended. You girls are always so quick to twist what others say. Simply say thank you and move on.

Shed as you do your garments your daily sins whether of omission or commission and you will wake a free man with a new life.

Selfish is caring for ourselves at others' expense ... Self-care is taking care of ourselves so that we can be there for others.

Too often the people complain that they have done nothing with their lives and then they wait for somebody to tell them that this isn't so.

You win the fight by fighting.

Swearing is industry language. For as long as we're alive it's not going to change. You've got to be boisterous to get results.

So many years of preparation, for what was called adult life: was it for this?

One of the most obtuse superstitions is the superstition of the scientists who say that man can exist without faith.

The actual making of the records obviously have everything to do with each other, because I made them one day after the other, alternating doing it.

It was there, beyond the skin of this world, that a cure of ugliness could be found.