To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?

These wretched babies don't come until they are ready.

It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.

[On being criticized for her serious expression:] I simply ache from smiling. Why are women expected to beam all the time? It's unfair. If a man looks solemn, it's automatically assumed he's a serious person, not a miserable one.

It has perhaps always been the case that the waging of peace is the hardest form of leadership of all.

The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.

[To a woman whose cellphone rang during a formal meeting:] You'd better answer that. It could be someone important.