Development can indeed continue beyond childhood and youth, beyond the seventies. It can continue until the very end of life, given purposes that challenge and use our human abilities. . . . In sum, our development does not necessarily end at any age. We can continue to develop into our eighties, even to our nineties.

Advice? I don't offer advice. Not my business. Your life is what you make it.

The feminist revolution had to be fought because women quite simply were stopped at a state of evolution far short of their human capacity.

Each woman is made to feel it is her own cross to bear if she can't be the perfect clone of the male superman and the perfect clone of the feminine mystique.

The problem that has no name-which is simply the fact that American women are kept from growing to their full human capacities-is taking a far greater toll on the physical and mental health of our country than any known disease.

You have to say no to the old ways before you can begin to find the new yes you need.

We can no longer ignore that voice within women that says: 'I want something more than my husband and my children and my home.'