War is, we have been forced to admit, even in the face of its huge place in our civilization, an asocial trait.

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.

I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.

You can't undo the past... but you can certainly not repeat it.

I used to be more glamorous.

It is inhuman to continue a war which could easily be ended

Nothing but widespread suffering will produce any effect on Congress

Prayer is the answer to every problem there is.

But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge

Art is what is unnecessary, but necessary only to that artist.

The President wishes the Japanese to be very prudent about the introduction of opium, and if a treaty is made, he wishes that opium may be strictly prohibited.

When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.