Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.

If we are to achieve richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place.

I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had.

As the traveler who has once been from home is wiser than he who has never left his own doorstep, so a knowledge of one other culture should sharpen our ability to scrutinize more steadily, to appreciate more lovingly, our own.

We know of no culture that has said, articulately, that there is no difference between men and women except in the way they contribute to the creation of the next generation.