The first thing you should know about people is that you don’t know the first thing about them.

I'm not good with bullies and zealots.

As we get older, life becomes very complicated in terms of concessions we have to make.

St. John of the Cross points out that the divine music can best be heard in solitude and silence. The sonorous music is not a physical sound that vibrates the eardrum but something transcending the senses. Physical solitude and silence remove the distracting noises that prevent us from hearing on deeper levels.

The first thing you should know about people is that you don’t know the first thing about them.

I'm fascinated by the journey that an intelligent and an ambitious woman makes in the professional world in contrast to the journey that a man of similar ambition, of similar intelligence makes. What sort of concessions does a woman have to make? Does she have to work 20 percent harder than a man?

Worrying about how you'll be remembered is pointless. Better to try to live your life in such a way that people will respect you while you're still alive.