When the heart is right, the mind and the body will follow.

It doesn't matter how strong your opinions are. If you don't use your power for positive change, you are, indeed, part of the problem.

Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.

Freedom and justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political convenience. I don't believe you can stand for freedom for one group of people and deny it to others.

Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.

The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.

Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.

I am convinced that the women of the world, united without any regard for national or racial dimensions, can become a most powerful force for international peace and brotherhood.

When you are willing to make sacrifices for a great cause, you will never be alone.

We must eliminate the gulf of mistrust and ignorance that keeps us from learning from each other.

I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

Everyone has the seeds of greatness in them waiting to be sowed.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

Try to fix firmly in your mind what you would like to do; and then, without veering off direction, you will move straight to the goal.

When I was 40 and looking at 60, it seemed like a thousand miles away. But 62 feels like a week and a half away from 80. I must now get on with those things I always talked about doing but put off.

Don't tell me how rocky the sea is, just bring the ship in.

The deft white-stockinged dance in thick-soled shoes! Denmark's sanctuaried Jews!

I think I cause a lot of headaches for editors - it's impossible to keep up with the ridiculous amount of changes I make.

The near-term attacks ... will either rival or exceed the 9/11 attacks... And it's pretty clear that the nation's capital and New York city would be on any list.

Humor is a drug which it's the fashion to abuse.