The best that can be said of my life so far is that it has been industrious and the best that can be said of me is that I have not pretended to what I was not.

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us, and the more we gain, the more is our desire; the more we see, the more we are capable of seeing.

Do not look at stars as bright spots only. Try to take in the vastness of the universe.

No woman should say, "I am but a woman!" But a woman! What more can you ask to be?

The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in power! We reach forth and strain every nerve, but we seize only a bit of the curtain that hides the infinite from us.

Every formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise to God.

Besides learning to see, there is another art to be learned - not to see what is not.

We especially need imagination in science. Question everything.

I had only ordinary capacity but extraordinary persistency.

We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry.

I strike terror among men, I can't be bothered by what they think.

When a man or woman, young, or old, takes a place on the picket line for even a day or two, he will never be the same again.

I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own.

Man is immortal till his work is done.

You always end up with too many pictures to edit and too few that you feel 'got it'.

I have no religion, but if I were to choose one, it would be that of Shariati's.

Revolution is not the uprising against preexisting order, but the setting up of a new order contradictory to the traditional one

The problem is that this speeded-up life and stress in America causes us to cut off our feelings, so we are out of touch with our reality.

Faith is essentially intolerant ... essentially because necessarily bound up with faith is the illusion that one's cause is also God's cause.

I always love to support my friends and how they choose to express themselves creatively.