Regardless of whom you pray to, during war our experiences as a community and as mothers are the same.

Don't wait for a Gandhi, don't wait for a King, don't wait for a Mandela. You are your own Mandela, you are your own Gandhi, you are your own King.

The world is upside down, it's going to take a lot of hands to turn it right side up.

We must continue to unite in sisterhood to turn our tears into triumph. There is no time to rest until our world achieves wholeness and balance, where all men and women are considered equal and free.

When women gather, great things will happen.

Leadership is standing with your people. People say you have to live to fight another day, but sometimes you have to show you are a true leader.

Activism is something that no one can fake. You get angry. You cry. But you never throw in your towel, because that anger is what is propelling you to further action.

There is something in this world that every individual can do. God has created all of us with something unique to contribute.

I don't feel like I've done anything extraordinary but take my little light and shine it in darkness.

You can tell people of the need to struggle, but when the powerless start to see that they really can make a difference, nothing can quench the fire.

It’s time for women to stop being politely angry.

But some people, and especially very young people, don’t think anything’s worth believing unless it’s hard to believe.

When there is no feeling of accomplishment children fail to develop properly and old people rapidly decline.

Terrorists can only take my life. Only my government can take my freedom.

Want coffee?" I asked, as I headed that way. "It's three thirty in the morning." "Okay. Want coffee?

All the great pleasures of life are silent.

Sarfati. That's my real last name. I don't use it a lot because I got 'Lea So-fatty,' 'Lea So-farty' at school.

There's a certain satisfaction in a little bit of pain.

The best thing I can make is a peanut butter-and-jelly sandwich.

Smoking too much makes me nervous. Must lasso my natural tendency to acquire such habits. Holding heavy cigar constantly in my mouth has deformed my upper lip, it has a sort of Havana curl.

The first duty of a university is to teach wisdom, not trade; character, not technicalities.