Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

Nothing was ever accomplished by anyone who said 'It can't be done.'

No, I have never wanted to be a man. I have often wanted to be more effective as a woman, but I have never felt that trousers would do the trick!

a society in which there is widespread economic insecurity can turn freedom into a barren and vapid right for millions of people.

Hate and force cannot be in just a part of the world without having an effect on the rest of it.

First of my own personal requirements is inner calm. This, I think, is an essential. One of the secrets of using your time well is to gain a certain ability to maintain peace within yourself so that much can go on around you and you can stay calm inside.

Life is meant to be lived.