But when at last woman stands on an even platform with man, his acknowledged equal everywhere,

Reality is what we take to be true. What we take to be true is what we believe.

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. 

There is no mystery greater than our own mystery. We are, to ourselves, unknown. And yet we do know.

It may be that when we no longer know what to do we have come to our real work,

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure …

Learned [ones]

of the twentieth century, armed with large

finite numbers and radiotelescopes

Understanding is…

The earth is always shifting, the light is always changing, the sea does not cease to grind down rock.

The point is, if you don’t keep learning, then you might as well stop writing because you’re just stuck in the past somewhere. And you better keep learning your whole life.

Love your hands! Love them. Raise them up and kiss them.

Don't surrender your loneliness

So quickly.

From an everyday standpoint, the fact that life is finite feels like a terrible insult…

We are running

running and

time is clocking us…

Attention is the rarest …

A story helps folks …

Talent is like electricity… Electricity makes no judgment.

Our concern for the future …

Some of my earliest memories are of World War II, at least World War II from the comfort and safety of my Midwestern home.

Before you know what kindness really is …