The happiest excitement in life is to be convinced that one is fighting for all one is worth on behalf of some clearly seen and deeply felt good, and against some greatly scorned evil.

We do not see the lens through which we look.

I long to speak out the intense inspiration that comes to me from the lives of strong women.

Culture is not a biologically transmitted complex

No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking.

The life history of the individual is first and foremost an accommodation to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community

The heavier our bodies, the higher our will, our spirit, rises above them.' 'The wearier we are, the more splendid the training.