“While Australia was the first country to give women the right to stand as well as to vote for the national parliament, Finland was the second. And Finland immediately elected nineteen women to its parliament (in 1907) while Australia had essentially given women the right to stand but not to sit. It was not until 1943 that the first women took their seats in Australia’s national parliament.”
“Within every man there is the reflection of a woman, and within every woman there is the reflection of a man. Within every man and woman there is also the reflection of an old man and an old woman, a little boy and a little girl.”
“All people should strive to learn before they die: what they are running from, and to, and why.”
“Laughter is good for thinking because when people laugh, it is easier for them to admit new ideas to their minds.”
“Your time is limited so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the result of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.”
“I have been struck again and again by how important measuring is to improving the human condition.”
“Something which we think is impossible now is not impossible in another decade.”
“Let us realize that engagement and detachment aren’t opposite—the more engaged we become, the more detached we will have to be..”
“There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our young people – one of these is roots, the other is wings.”
“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
