“An ideal culture is one that makes a place for every human gift”

“If we are to achieve a 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 gift will find a fitting place.”

“I measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her fellow human beings.”

“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.”

“Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man. ”

“Having someone wonder where you are when you don't come home at night is a very old human need. ”

“Women have an important contribution to make.”