"I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity."

"One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes."

"I find it much more interesting to be alive than not to be alive."

"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."

"We grow in kindness when we act kindly."