"Not to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came."

“If you follow a religion but are devoid of the Love of God, then those that do not follow a religion but have the love of God are better.”

Source : "The Religion of God". Book by Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, en.wikisource.org. 2000.

“Carolyn Maloney identifies with the possibility of being raped, that's why she hung in there for the Debbie Smith Bill. So it - it's essential that in New York, if we can't get a prominent woman in New York, where can we? I mean there's so many states that have never even had a woman senator. We're still on our first this and our first that.”

Source : Source: www.blogher.com

“Apart from values and ethics which I have tried to live by, the legacy I would like to leave behind is a very simple one - that I have always stood up for what I consider to be the right thing, and I have tried to be as fair and equitable as I could be.”

“How long will you keep pounding on an open door Begging for someone to open it?”

“I don't understand why God took him and didn't take me.”

“If you believe in yourself, things are possible.”

“I can always see something of myself in the characters I play.”

“Life creates conditions conducive to life.”

Source : "Episode 26: Biomimicry: Janine Benyus is Honored by TIME". "Living Green" with Meredith Medland, podcasts.personallifemedia.com.