A Garden Is Not Passive. It has its own way of responding to your involvement and commitment to it. When you walk into a garden, you know whether it is loved or not.

Women who have had more opportunity to develop their own strengths and talents, or who are quite satisfied and content in a traditional role, unfortunately don't always understand that many women aren't satisfied or content.

I don't think of compassion as sympathy but rather as empathy. An understanding of how people are feeling, which often translates into action.

Women's networks are a necessary part of life. A mixture of empathy and brainstorming can move mountains.

Women, I believe, learn to think on their feet, to cope with change and survive.

FIGHT FOR THE EARTH: The earth can't speak for itself, it will just slowly die if we don't fight for it.

One thing that never ceases to delight me about us women, is the friendship and support that we give each other.