"I was born in ancient times, at the end of the world, in a patriarchal Catholic and conservative family. No wonder that by age five I was a raging feminist - although the term had not reached Chile yet, so nobody knew what the heck was wrong with me."

"If this world is going to be a better place for our grandchildren and great-grandchildren, it will be women who make it so."

"It is a unyielding truth that the canvas of imagination has no boundaries except those imposed by fear — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Giving women education, work, the ability to control their own income, inherit and own property, benefits the society. If a woman is empowered, her children and her family will be better off. If families prosper, the village prospers, and eventually so does the whole country."

"When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest."

"With age, you see people fail more. You see yourself fail more. How do you keep that fearlessness of a kid? You keep going. Luckily, I'm not afraid to make a fool of myself."

"Fear is the thought of admitted inferiority."

"A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die."