#Independence

"Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice."[Stanford University commencement speech, 2005]"

"Diversity: the art of thinking independently together."

"If we thought more for ourselves we would have very many more bad books and very many more good ones."

"I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself."

"No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our destiny to. The only way in which anyone can lead us is to restore to us the belief in our own guidance."

"How wrong is it for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself?"

"Single” is an opportunity to live life on your own terms and not apologize."