Everything in nature invites us constantly to be what we are. We are often like rivers: careless and forceful, timid and dangerous, lucid and muddied, eddying, gleaming, still.

We are not on this earth to just stand still & look pretty. The museums already have enough statues.

Never give up the life you wish, because that wish is your personal sun! If you give up, you will find yourself in the darkness even in the brightest day!

Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.

I have this personal affinity for the desert. I am fascinated by the desert. I love it.

Man has too long forgotten that the earth was given to him for usufruct alone, not for consumption, still less for profligate waste.

In our family, being powerful means you never, ever apologize for being a woman.

When I came into office, I could have kicked the can down the road for a little while, or I could do the right thing.

The history of science shows that great mysteries get solved. It may be that there's an answer that humans are too stupid to understand. I'm intrigued by that possibility.

A man finds love and is satisfied. A woman finds love and insists on turning it into happiness.

The key to getting everything you want is to never put all your begs in one ask-it!