A state that does not educate and train women is like a man who only trains his right arm.

Maybe we can comprehend a flower or an insect, but we can never comprehend ourselves. Even less can we expect to comprehend the universe.

Life is both sad and solemn. We are led into a wonderful world, we meet one another here, greet each other---and wander together for a brief moment. Then we lose each other and disappear as suddenly and unreasonably as we arrived.

I wrote Sophies World in three months, but I was only writing and sleeping. I work for 14 hours a day when Im working on a book.

the very best that can happen is to have energetic opponents. The more extreme they become, the more powerful the reaction they will have to face.

a sensation is always the same as a piece of news, and a piece of news never lives long.

An answer is always on the stretch of road that is behind you. Only a question can point the way forward.