It is the soul itself which sees and hears, and not those parts which are, as it were, but windows to the soul.

Politicians are not born; they are excreted.

Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

Everyone is looking for a miracle, when God puts in your heart the desire to pursue after your dreams, that's a miracle!

A mother is a dealer of hope.

If the oppressed must be alert enough to follow the rulers' instructions, they are therefore conscious enough to be able to challenge them.

I grew up being the girl who would always tune in to watch famous people talk about their careers, how they handled scandals and mega fame. I'm trying to pick up tips.

Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff are the best. You won't have me ever say a bad word about them.

Nothing reaches inside you and grabs you by the guts the way fear does.

books have been my greatest comfort, castle-building a never-failing delight, and scribbling a very profitable amusement.

Self-realization is the object of the Gita, as it is of all scriptures.

Why do the people humiliate themselves by voting? I didn't vote because I have dignity. If I had closed my nose and voted for one of them, I would spit on my own face.

Pride fills me. I am sick with the pride that destroyed me.