If we're destroying our trees and destroying our environment and hurting animals and hurting one another and all that stuff, there's got to be a very powerful energy to fight that. I think we need more love in the world. We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to that.

We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack.

From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened you discover that you have wings.

Smart women love smart men more than smart men love smart women.

A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.