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

We have come to accept bigger and bigger things as meaning greater and greater efficiency, more and more prosperity and more and more freedom. The two do not go together of necessity.

Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without being related to you and repeatedly questioning why you're in nonprofit.

Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart. Don't be concerned about whether people are watching you or criticizing you. The chances are that they aren't paying any attention to you. It's your attention to yourself that is so stultifying. But you have to disregard yourself as completely as possible. If you fail the first time then you'll just have to try harder the second time. After all, there's no real reason why you should fail. Just stop thinking about yourself.

It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know.

You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.

As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.