Intelligence in the service of poor instinct is really dangerous.

Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.

God may be in the details, but the goddess is in the questions. Once we begin to ask them, there's no turning back.

We've begun to raise daughters more like sons... but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.

Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person.

Law and justice are not always the same. When they aren't, destroying the law may be the first step toward changing it.

Each individual woman's body demands to be accepted on its own terms.

No man can call himself liberal, or radical, or even a conservative advocate of fair play, if his work depends in any way on the unpaid or underpaid labor of women at home, or in the office.

The purpose of feminism is to free the uniqueness of the individual and to understand that inside each of us is a unique human being who is a combination of heredity and environment.

Superwoman is the adversary of the women's movement.

A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.

I write of the wish that comes true--for some reason, a terrifying thought.

There's nothing deeper than love. In fairy tales, the princesses kiss the frogs, and the frogs become princes. In real life, the princesses kiss princes, and the princes turn into frogs.

You cannot find strength by loathing.

Too much fame, money or alcohol can make you stupid

Of one thing we can be certain: every person we see - no matter the race, religion, political beliefs, body type, or appearance - is family.

It is a little disappointing to see that your legs are not as strong. But I like the idea of growing old, and the thought of approaching death is not particularly daunting to me.

The profound meaning of music's essential aim... is to produce a communion, a union of man with his fellow man with the Supreme Being

Those full of fear were the most dangerous of people.

We think we can't survive without deficit spending - but we soon won't be able to survive with deficit spending, either.

A critic without a good eye is a eunuch in a harem.