My grandmother wanted me to get a good education, so she kept me as far away from schools as possible.

No society that feeds its children on tales of successful violence can expect them not to believe that violence in the end is rewarded.

Never underestimate the ability of a small group of committed individuals to change the world.

There is no evidence that suggests women are naturally better at caring for children... with the fact of child-bearing out of the centre of attention, there is even more reason for treating girls first as human beings, then as women.

Wonder is very important, because if we never wondered, we would never get to the point of asking questions. Yet wonder may lead people to write poetry or to paint pictures or to pray, as well as to ask the kinds of questions about the world and themselves that can be answered by science.

Contentment can be bought at a price that one can not possibly pay.

One of the most dangerous things that can happen to a child is to kill or torture an animal and get away with it.