Virtue begins when we dedicate ourselves actively to the job of gratitude.

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.

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.

When we bring deep awareness to whatever's bothering us, the same things might be happening, but we are able to relate to them differently.

Never retract never explain never apologize - get the thing done and let them howl.

I do have a lot of concerns but I am happy to say the Mets aren't one of them.

I am a person of action. If I see I can bring a positive change, I will go for it, never mind that something might be hard to achieve.

Learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.

Nothing rectifies out-of-control market failures like a healthy dose of government intervention and mountains of bureaucracy.

HERE ARE YOUR INSTRUCTIONS, CROWLEY. And suddenly he knew. He hated that. They could just as easily have told him, they didn't suddenly have to drop chilly knowledge straight into his brain.

I see, in women friends, a really dangerous phenomenon where it seems they reach a certain age and become invisible.

Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action.

I just live life on my own terms. And I smile a lot.