There are times when it is conservative to be a revolutionary, when the world must be turned on its head in order to be stood on its feet.

Want and belief in lack shrink your opportunities.

Marriage is a gamble, let's be honest.

I wanted to speak strongly about feminism in my life, since it's been a struggle.

I would like to be a scholar in whatever I do, a scholar is never finished, he is always seeking and I am always seeking.

Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.

And I guess that's when it starts to hit me: the whole point is, you do what you can.

There are people who are so full of common sense that they haven't the slightest cranny left for their own sense.

Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature, whenever they may find occasion for it.

When you're around your family, and you have that history and that shared language, you say things you'd be embarrassed to hear quoted back to you later.

An open mind is a prerequisite to an open heart.