“If I’ve learned anything, it’s really just to stop trying to find answers and certainties.”

Reading is good for your imagination.

I’m reading so much and exposing myself to so many new ideas. It almost feels like the chemistry and the structure of my brain is changing so rapidly sometimes.

I’m a perfectionist, so my bossiness definitely comes out.

I’ve always said, stuff the engagement ring! Just build me a really big library.

If you truly pour your heart into what you believe in, even if it makes you vulnerable, amazing things can and will happen.

The reality is that if we do nothing it will take 75 years, or for me to be nearly a hundred before women can expect to be paid the same as men for the same work.

Girls should never be afraid to be smart.

Don’t be ashamed if you don’t like what others pretend to love.

I can be 100 years old but I will always be proud to say I was in Harry Potter.

I’ve always been like that; I give 100 percent. I can’t do it any other way.

Men, I would like to take this opportunity to extend your formal invitation. Gender equality is your issue too.

If not me, who? If not now, when?

Sex & World Peace shows us how gender inequality is a form of violence that impacts everything from population growth to economies to regime type.

Violence against women and girls is one of the most serious human rights issues.

It’s important to read because it’s really good for your vocabulary.

Who here actually thinks I would do 50 Shades of Grey as a movie? Like really. For real. In real life.

I pray and wait for an answer in pictures, words or ideas.

I believe that children may enter these divine portals easier, because they are seeking for answers in the purest way.

Portals of divinity are everywhere.

Some day I’m gonna call me up on the phone, so when I answer, I can tell myself to shut up.

The Muslim people is calling upon you, Jerusalem is appealing to you, will anyone answer?

I met a lot of the senior Taliban, and I asked them precisely [about Mullah Omar]. The most common answer was he is humble. And that was very true.

When you inquire ‘Who am I?’ if you are honest, you’ll notice that it takes you right back to silence instantly. The brain doesn’t have an answer, so all of a sudden there is silence.

Self-inquiry is a spiritually induced form of wintertime. It’s not about looking for a right answer so much as stripping away and letting you see what is not necessary, what you can do without, what you are without your leaves.