We do not need, and indeed never will have, all the answers before we act ... It is often through taking action that we can discover some of them.

Feminism is an entire world view or gestalt, not just a laundry list of women's issues.

Sexual, racial, gender violence and other forms of discrimination and violence in a culture cannot be eliminated without changing culture.

What is being called the UN 'gender architecture' is more like a shack. Women need a bigger global house if equality is ever to become a reality.

I'd make a comment at a meeting and nobody would even acknowledge me. Then some man would say the same thing and they'd all nod.

Feminism is a transformational force, an individual and social force. It is a way of looking at the world-a questioning of power/domination issues, an affirmation of women's energy.

The state of the world today demands that women become less modest and dream/plan/act/risk on a larger scale.

Women have a lot to say about how to advance women's rights, and governments need to learn from that, listen to the movement and respond.

Leadership is people taking the initiative, carrying things through, having ideas and the imagination to get something started, and exhibiting particular skills in different areas.

We know that priorities are amiss in the world when a man gets a military medal of honor for killing another man and a dishonorable discharge for loving one.

We need women leaders. But we need them to have a vision for something.

Compassion, not castigation is the way to help a person become better.

Stick to now. Put right the things you can put right today, and let the ones from back then go. Leave the rest to the angels, or the devil or whoever's in charge of it.

Every new friend is a new journey, through a brand new road, toward a brand new mysterious heart.

It's not that I'm too particular. It's just that I'm going to wait for Dr. Right.

There's been nothing but discipline, discipline, discipline all my life.

Authentic femininity is a combination of class, tenderness and virtue. When a woman possesses these traits, a man will naturally want to be more of a gentleman around her.

Our days are like identical suitcases. Even though they are all the same size, some people are able to pack more into them then others. The reason? They know what to pack.

By starting from the ground and tapping into the absolute, uncheatable truth of nature we can make ourselves better

If you're going to play a character who has a deformed face, you should have a deformed face.

You must bring out of each word its practical cash-value, set it at work within the stream of your experience.