Thank goodness for the first snow, it was a reminder--no matter how old you became and how much you'd seen, things could still be new if you were willing to believe they still mattered.

The world needs many more humanitarians than it needs warriors, but there can be none of the former without enough of the latter.

Many smiling faces hide a bleeding heart

That I would be loved even when I numb myself. That I would be good even when I am overwhelmed. That I would be loved even when I was fuming. That I would be good even if I was clingy.

It may be said of many palaeontologists, as Professor Hugh Trevor-Roper said recently of 18th century historians: "Their most serious error was to measure the past by the present".

Just as water will conform to the shape of the vessel that contains it, so will a man follow the good and evil of his companions.

I preach nonviolence because it's the better alternative.

The object of true education is to make people not merely do the right things, but enjoy them

Sometimes I call directors. Sometimes I just meet with them. It just happens. It's not that I'm pushy. It comes naturally. But I go ahead. I don't stay in my armchair, waiting for the phone to ring.

I don't think children are any more resilent than anyone else. They're just people with little bodies.

I do not assume that woman is better than man. I do assume that she has a different way of looking at things.