I can't take it seriously when people get excited and scream that religion is in danger, and similar stupidities.

My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.

Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance... and courage.

Every new experience brings its own maturity and a greater clarity of vision.

To be liberated, woman must feel free to be herself, not in rivalry to man but in the context of her own capacity and her personality.

People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive.

I don't mind if my life goes in the service of the nation. If I die, every drop of my blood will invigorate the nation.

Women sometimes go too far, it's true. But it's only when you go too far that others listen.

To become capable, one must have faith in oneself.

If we seek for the best times to act, we may miss some opportunities. We must seize the moment and make it great.

Our culture has more to gain from inner stillness than incessant pushing.

Experience teaches you that the man who looks you straight in the eye, particularly if he adds a firm handshake, is hiding something.

I'm not a good enough musician to like completely master something in a couple of days and turn it around.

The angels did not merely sin and lose heaven, but they passed beyond all other beings in sin and made themselves fit denizens for hell.

As a poet Maria Terrone lives, like the rest of us, in a world of questions marks-but what shines through them is the fierce light of the life force itself

Enlightenment doesn't simply mean being in heavenly states of mind. It doesn't mean being a saint.

I think more and more young people are catching on when it comes to certain healthy behaviors, much more than I did when I was younger.

A flirt is like a dipper attached to a hydrant; every one is at liberty to drink from it, but no one desires to carry it away.

I believe sincerely that every man has consummate genius within him.