For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.

Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy.

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.

Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.

Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.

Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.

You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.

It’s an already inside outside, The philosophers say it’s the soulBut it’s not the soul: it’s the animal or the man itselfIn its way of existing.

Healthy self-esteem rests upon a strong foundation of core values and an inclination to act and speak in alignment with those values.

Rule 1: The actions of confidence come first

It’s not that I was categorically opposed to the idea of scientists and physicians using gene editing to introduce heritable changes into the human genome.

A great task has been completed and an even larger one remains.

In a sense the physical connectedness that you feel with your children as a mother changes as they become independent.

However we pass Time, he passes still, Passing away whatever the pastime, And, whether we use him well or ill, Some day he gives us the slip for the last time.

He who wins the independents wins the White House. That's a liberal Democrat trick, by the way.

If you push a negative hard enough, it will push through and become a positive.

Why are men reluctant to become fathers? They aren't through being children.