And as I had my father's kind of mind-which was also his mother's-I learned that the mind is not sex-typed.

Never ever depend on governments or institutions to solve any major problems. All social change comes from the passion of individuals.

Life is in one of its smoother phases ... I've no responsibilities in the world except friends and students and cherishing the life of the world -- and the belief that there is enough love to go round.

It is not until science has become a discipline to which the research ability of any mind from any class in society can be attracted that it can become rigorously scientific.

Of course we need children! Adults need children in their lives to listen to and care for, to keep their imagination fresh and their hearts young and to make the future a reality for which they are willing to work.

Warfare ... is just an invention, older and more widespread than the jury system, but none the less an invention.

It is of very doubtful value to enlist the gifts of a woman into fields that have been defined as male; it frightens the men, unsexes the women, and muffles and distorts the contribution women could make.