“People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing, if only I could know.”

“There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.”

“No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.”

“A life lived with integrity - even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shining star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.”

“Kindness, I've discovered, is everything in life.”

“If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.”

“A woman's life can really be a succession of lives, each revolving around some emotionally compelling situation or challenge, and each marked off by some intense experience.”

“About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all.”

“The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.”