Intelligence is a separate gift, for the benefit of students, so that they may think of themselves as intellectual and not very intelligent, or intelligent and not very intellectual. One hopes, of course, that they try to bring the two virtues, the two elements, into their lives at the same time.

I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.

I have a feeling that I make a very good friend, and I'm a good mother, and a good sister, and a good citizen. I am involved in life itself - all of it. And I have a lot of energy and a lot of nerve.

We are not our brother’s keeper we are our brother and we are our sister. We must look past complexion and see community.

Hope is born again in the faces of children.

Independence is a heady draught, and if you drink it in your youth, it can have the same effect on the brain as young wine does. It does not matter that its taste is not always appealing. It is addictive and with each drink you want more.

The devil lives in our mistakes, the lord lives in our rights. Who lives in our ignorance, and who wins after all?