Language shapes consciousness and from consciousness, our world is shaped.

It is only through my daughter that I have come to realise that a life without femininity – devoid of mystery, emotion, gentleness and the unerring power of a woman’s love – is no life at all.

For years, I had used these fractured men to justify my cynicism and workaholism, and the grief, insomnia and casual anorexia were no longer of any interest to me.

The bar is masculine, and women must adopt traditionally masculine characteristics – cultivated insensitivity, goal-orientated thinking, the prioritising of the material – to compete.

In our circle, stress was a valuable status marker: I stress, therefore I am.

The very matrix of our ability to love and bond in later life, maternal sensitivity – or lack thereof – also determines cultural tenor.

Throughout history, the most brutal cultures have always been distinguished by maternal-infant separation.

There is a world of difference between the experienceof 'care' – the wiping of a bottom, the bathing of a body: basicbiological obligations – and the intimacy that makes us wantto live.

Be passionate about creating a life that is exciting and fun, one that will help you reach your ultimate potential.

Some parents bring their children up and, I suppose, others let them down.

We each possess the ability creatively to respond to the ontological mystery of our existence.

In a life that does not last forever create something that will last forever.

We've got to stop being the stupid party. It's time for a new Republican Party that talks like adults.

He who fails to prepare, prepares to fail

It is the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere.

For me, literacy means freedom. For the individual and for society.

Now, what is Jesus Christ? The fruit of the spirit is a good example. Jesus is total love, total joy, total peace, total patient, gentleness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, and self-control.

If I had any choice in the matter, I'd stay in my comfy bed and eat warm chocolate chip cookies all day.