Certainly in each social period, youth must be made to venerate the dominant absurdities.

Despots prefer the friendship of the dog, who, unjustly mistreated and debased, still loves and serves the man who wronged him.

The extension of women's rights is the basic principle of all social progress.

One could judge the degree of civilization of a country by the social and political position of its women

Any civilized administration, however organized, prefers its own good to that of the people.

It is known that the best nations have always been those which concede the greatest amount of liberty to women.

Civilization is a social plague on the planet, and vices are just as necessary to it as is a virus to disease.

We must, then, apply the principle of Doubt to Civilization; we must doubt its necessity, its excellence, and its permanence.

Who is wiser: the man who plants flowers along life's way or the man who makes it bristle with thorns?

Hosts of merchants encumber the cities, and the streets are cluttered with solicitors who swarm without limit or purpose.

...commerce, which is mistakenly classified among the productive forms of work, ought to be ranked first among the parasitical professions like those of monk, soldier, lawyer etc.

Some men die for lack of love…some die because of it. Think about it." - Daemon

Like the waves in the ocean, life changes every moment.

Time takes life away and gives us memory, gold with flame, black with embers.

I ran for the electoral college. I didn't run for the popular vote.

If anything, people think it's cool that I'm still working. I'm proud to be a working mama in this world.

I dont know what could possibly distract three pigs enough so that you can get away." Sabrina thought for a moment then grinned. "I know exactly what to do.

The fact that I'd gone through my own transition as governor of Indiana and had been informed by that experience, I think was an asset.

In your light I learn how to love.

I bet you can't eat ten bananas!" "I bet you're right.

I don't think happiness is necessarily the reason we're here. I think we're here to learn and evolve, and the pursuit of knowledge is what alleviates the pain of being human.