If we are to give our utmost effort and skill and enthusiasm, we must believe in ourselves, which means believing in our past and in our future, in our parents and in our children, in that particular blend of moral purpose and practical inventiveness which is the American character.

Because of their age long training in human relations for that is what feminine intuition really is women have a special contribution to make any group enterprise.

Everyone needs to have access both to grandparents and grandchildren in order to be a full human being.

The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates.

It was not until we saw the picture of the earth, from the moon, that we realized how small and how helpless this planet is - something that we must hold in our arms and care for.

Mothers are a biological necessity; fathers are a social invention

I had my father's mind, but he had his mother's mind. Fortunately, his mother lived with us and so I early realized that intellectual abilities of the kind I shared with my father and grandmother were not sex-linked.