Every age is an unknown country.

Somehow we must be able to show people that democracy is not about words, but action.

Courage is exhilarating.

Feelings, too, are facts. Emotion is a fact. Human experience is a fact. It is often possible to gain more real insight into human beings and their motivation by reading great fiction than by personal acquaintance.

Women are like tea bags.They do not know how strong they are until they get into hot water.

Lest I keep my complacent way I must remember somewhere out there a person died for me today. As long as there must be war, I ask and I must answer was I worth dying for?

You can never really live anyone else's life, not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you've become yourself.