"It's no shame to fall down, but it is a shame to just stay down."

“We will first understand how simple the universe is when we recognize how strange it is.”

Source : John Archibald Wheeler (2010). “Geons, Black Holes, and Quantum Foam: A Life in Physics”, p.5, W. W. Norton & Company

“I hope the new health care exchanges created under the Affordable Care Act will provide some help.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org

“If we are to survive, our loyalties must be broadened further, to include the whole human community, the entire planet Earth.”

“All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things.”

“To be beautiful is the birthright of every women.”

“William Dalrymple has superseded Mark Tully as the voice of India… He may well be the greatest travel writer of his generation.”

“That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.”

“The secret in the search for meaning is to find your passion and pursue it.”

Source : Gail Sheehy (2011). “New Passages: Mapping Your Life Across Time”, p.153, Ballantine Books