Peace is not merely a vacuum left by the ending of wars. It is the creation of two eternal principles, justice and freedom.
He's a male chauvinistic piglet.
A good woman is one who loves passionately, has guts, seriousness and passionate convictions, takes responsibility, and shapes society.
Who knows what women can be when they are finally free to become themselves?
A woman has got to be able to say, and not feel guilty, 'Who am I, and what do I want out of life?' She mustn't feel selfish and neurotic if she wants goals of her own, outside of husband and children.
In almost every professional field, in business and in the arts and sciences, women are still treated as second-class citizens. It would be a great service to tell girls who plan to work in society to expect this subtle, uncomfortable discrimination-tell them not to be quiet, and hope it will go away, but fight it. A girl should not expect special privileges because of her sex, but neither should she "adjust" to prejudice and discrimination.
Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength.
Beware of finding what you're looking for. A favorite aphorism he often used.
Better to have a known enemy than a forced ally.
Only in the reality of the present can we love, can we awaken, can we find peace and understanding and connection with ourselves and the world.
Balm of the summer night, balm of the ordinary, imperial joy and sorrow of human existence, the dreamed as well as the lived— what could be dearer than this, given the closeness of death?