Acting responsibly is not a matter of strengthening our reason but of deepening our feelings for the welfare of others.

A state that does not educate and train women is like a man who only trains his right arm.

A hydrogen atom in a cell at the end of my nose was once part of an elephant's trunk. A carbon atom in my cardiac muscle was once in the tail of a dinosaur.

Since the Renaissance, people have had to get used to living their life on a random planet in the vast galaxy.

It's not a silly question if you can't answer it.

Wisest is she who knows she does not know.

People are, generally speaking, either dead certain or totally indifferent.

But understanding will always require some effort. You probably wouldn't admire a friend who was good at everything if it cost her no effort.

The rearing of children is considered too important to be left to the individual and should be the responsibility of the state.

When we sense something, it is due to the movement of atoms in space. When I see the moon it is because "moon atoms" penetrate my eye.

If an overgrown child draws something on a piece of paper, you can't ask the paper what the drawing is supposed to represent.

This is an era of violent peace.

I expect people to at least use some thought.

I feel like women's minds never stop.

People are running to and from class and I just want to yell, Slow down and wait for the world to catch up!

Decided ends are sure signs of a decided character.

I'm not a movie person. They're collaborations of the worst kind. You must compromise yourself to many interests that are venal and crass and do not have your best interests at heart.

All of us make assumptions about what somebody's potential is, because we all think of why somebody can or can't do something. We make terrible assumptions.

I pride myself in taking care of my mind, body and soul, and not just through exercise.

Reading is alive and well and will get more alive and more well. Reading on tablets (or whatever the next tech device will be) is the future - and the future is now.

Global warming has taken the place of Communism as an absurdity that 'liberals' will defend to the death regardless of the evidence showing its folly.