A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think.

Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people.

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.

Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.

I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.

Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes.

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

- Eleanor Roosevelt