Women must have seats at the table because peace is too crucial to be left only to the politicians or only to the male half of our world.

learning must travel the distance from head to heart.

I feel this is very much our spiritual and political duty to be part of every peace table, it has often been the case that citizenry -- women and men -- can make progress when it is not possible for the officials to be able to meet at that moment in time.

No, I'll take responsibility for my own life, I am going to make a decision. And you know, to this day, I would raise flags on all public buildings to celebrate the chance I had to make that decision.

The father who raises a son to have a profession he once dreamed of, and the mother who uses her daughter as the adult companion her husband is not; the parents who urge their children into accomplishments as status symbols-all these and many more are ways of subordinating a child's authentic self to a parent s needs.

A person who has experienced something is almost always far more expert on it than are the experts.

Women can be vivacious. We are allowed more varieties of facial expression and gestures. Men must be rocklike.