There are no more excuses for leaving women out of the inner circles of power. Qualified women are everywhere. Women are ready for leadership; they just need to be identified and asked.

Inaction, contrary to its reputation for being a refuge, is neither safe nor comfortable.

Contradictory as it seems, malnutrition is a key contributor to obesity.

If we are serious about providing upward mobility and building a skilled workforce, pre-school is the place to begin.

We're all basically made of the same stuff: generosity and selfishness, goodness and greed.

Simply put, when women do well, everybody does better.

One is responsible for one's own life. Passivity provides no protection.

We see the world through the lens of all our experiences; that is a fundamental part of the human condition.

Those who speak up, those who use their connections, are more likely to succeed than those who sit and wait.

It's time to recognize what compromise means: no side wins or loses all.

Money often determines not only who gets elected, but what gets done. Which voices do lawmakers listen to, the banks or home owners, coal companies, or asthma sufferers, the CEOs or the unemployed?

The best chapters in your life story are written by love.

Embrace life with hopeful attitude.

We agreed with him in principal - we were little scientists, born and bred. But children robbed of love will dwell on magic.

Most people sell stock to pay taxes, but I didn't want to sell any stock.

Build your house with the stones they hurled at you

Of course I'd have loved to be Prime Minister. But I'm not nursing a grievance.

The best way to behave is to misbehave.

We can't do this without you," I managed at last. "Everyone talks about my powers, but you're the badass here.

As far as I'm concerned, the 20th century was performance-driven, but for some reason, the critics and historians didn't know how to integrate that.

A man may be the greatest philosopher in the world but a child in RELIGION. When a man has developed a high state of spirituality he can understand that the kingdom of heaven is within him.