The adequate study of culture, our own and those on the opposite side of the globe, can press on to fulfillment only as we learn today from the humanities as well as from the scientists.

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.

When a flower rises from the earth, it is overcoming its greatest opponent: fear.

Determine your destination, choose a path, now with all your heart start going there.

The shortest route to courage is absolute ignorance.

Instead of allowing a situation to alter your attitude negatively. Let your positive attitude alter the situation.

A light purse is a heavy curse.

I never condemn wrongdoing in any area.

If you run from me, I will chase you, and I'll find you.

I'm little, but I love big things.

He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realize

If you turned the fabric of our lives over, I imagined the design on the backside would be woven in the bleak grays of doubt and fear.