Society in its full sense . . . is never an entity separable from the individuals who compose it.

The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences.

I long to speak out the intense inspiration that comes to me from the lives of strong women.

No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking.

The happiest excitement in life is to be convinced that one is fighting for all one is worth on behalf of some clearly seen and deeply felt good, and against some greatly scorned evil.

A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude.

Racism remains in the eyes of history ... merely another instance of the persecution of minorities for the advantage of those in power.

The trouble with life isn't that there is no answer, it's that there are so many answers.

Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future.

The trouble is not that we are never happy-it is that happiness is so episodical.

liberty is the one thing no man can have unless he grants it to others.

For every quote, there is one that challenges it.

Only through a steady mind and constant faith can your desires manifest.

But now, you are twain, you are cloven apart Flesh of his flesh, but heart of my heart.

The deepest truth blooms only from the deepest love.

Can the imagination, any more than the boy, be held prisoner ?" - from the foreword to the 1976 edition of "The Painted Bird

I am very proud to be British. I'm very conscious of carrying my country with me wherever I go. I feel I need to represent it well.

Democracy is too good to share with just anybody.

I love the mid-length skirt. That's really appropriate, you can wear that in many different day occasions.

There should be a word that means beginning/end because nothing begins without something dying.

Hamas married the Iranians. It was their choice. They are the same family.