Dwelling-place and food are useful for life but give it no significance: the immediate goals of the housekeeper are only means, not true ends.

The point is not for women simply to take power out of men’s hands, since that wouldn’t change anything about the world. It’s a question precisely of destroying that notion of power.

No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.

Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.

I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.

All oppression creates a state of war.

To be free is not to have the power to do anything you like; it is to be able to surpass the given toward an open future.

When women act like women, they are accused of being inferior. When women act like human beings, they are accused of behaving like men.

I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me.

When I was a child, when I was an adolescent, books saved me from despair: that convinced me that culture was the highest of values[...].

Getting fired from work does not make you a failure. Letting it take control of your life is what does

He regards it as the highest insult for the wicked to boast of His covenant while profaning His sacred Name by their whole lives.

Instant gratification is not as good as that gratification which comes dripping slow, over the sere seasons.

Alyosha's heart could not bear uncertainty, for the nature of his love was always active. He could not love passively; once he loved, he immediately also began to help.

I consider myself a crayon... I may not be your favorite color but one day you'll need me to complete your picture.

And there's doctors and lawyers, And business executives, And they're all made out of ticky tacky And they all look just the same.

I believe in the compelling power of love.

The very fact that we have access to God's attention and presence should concentrate the thoughts and elevate the heart.

Nonfiction is never going to die.

It's never paid to bet against America. We come through things, but its not always a smooth ride.