She never told me anything, but she allowed me to read anything I wanted in the library, which held a great many books. - Eleanor Roosevelt

...no one can afford not to be a man. No position can compensate for coming face to face with a robot when you are alone.

If you will forget about yourself, whether or not you are making a good impression on people, what they think of you, and you will think about them instead, you won't be shy.

Whatever period of life we are in is good only to the extent that we make use of it, that we live it to the hilt, that we continue to develop and understand what it has to offer us and what we have to offer it. The rewards for each age are different in kind, but they are not necessarily different in value or in satisfaction.