"You cannot fight against the ego and win, just as you cannot fight against darkness. The light of consciousness is all that is necessary. You are that light."

“The only place you see a free market is in the speeches of politicians.”

Source : "Dwayne’s World" by Dan Carney, www.motherjones.com. July/August 1995.

“Women made up 44% of Olympic competitors at London 2012 - the greatest show of gender equality in Olympic history. By comparison, in the 1908 Games men outnumbered women 53 to 1.”

“You cannot barter security for freedom, or freedom for security.”

“We live in a melting pot. More and more, people are some kind of mixture. Even if you're Caucasian, you're a mixture of something.”

“You can't have it all, all at once. Who—man or woman—has it all, all at once? Over my lifespan I think I have had it all. But in different periods of time things were rough. And if you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it.”

Source : "Exclusive: Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Hobby Lobby Dissent". Interview with Katie Couric, www.yahoo.com. July 30, 2014.

“We want to tell our fans to love who you are. You're yourself, so you shouldn't change it.”

“I never understood people who don't have bookshelves.”

“I get to play golf for a living. What more can you ask for - getting paid for doing what you love.”