Aspiring beggary is wretchedness itself.
I believe we're entering a new era, where dynamic female leaders will have an opportunity to bring greater harmony and peace to the planet.
As far as benefits to reading historical novels, there are several! For one thing, you learn about life in another era. Secondly, these novels help us to develop a deeper understanding of the legacy of women who came before us and the strides made by our ancestors.
I love teaching. It's a job that lasts forever. Whatever you teach children today travels with them far into the future.
Writing is a miracle. You can travel anywhere in the world, to any time and any place — and still be home in time to have dinner.
I have to keep facing the darkness. If I stand tall and face the thing I fear, I have a chance to conquer it. If I just keep dodging and hiding it will conquer me.
Reading is the basic springboard for learning. And books provide the liftoff. They are the great equalizer, opening up new worlds to everyone.
Testing shows the presence, not the absence of bugs.
The idea is to develop sympathy for your own confusion.
Don't be so concerned about the size of your next step. . . . The direction is what matters!
Nowadays, to say that we are clever animals is not to say something philosophical and pessimistic but something political and hopeful - namely, if we can work together, we can make ourselves into whatever we are clever and courageous enough to imagine ourselves becoming. This is to set aside Kant's question "What is man?" and to substitute the question "What sort of world can we prepare for our great grandchildren?