In this metropolis a number of lurking leeches infamously gain subsistence by practicing on the credulity of women.

I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.

Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?

The beginning is always today.

No man chooses evil because it's evil. He only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.

Women do not want power over men, they want power over themselves.

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!

You are my creator, but I am your master; Obey!

Character of any person is the aggregate of his or her conscientious tendencies - the sum total of the knacks of the civilized part of the mind.

When we promote the well-being of others God has placed in our lives our service glorifies God.

I was pissed that I couldn’t go out and celebrate like someone turning twenty-one typically would, so I wore black hair to show my family just how pissed off I was.

I came to see that there was nothing to forgive, that I was the one who caused my own problems.

Your thoughts make you what you are; by changing our #‎ thoughts we can change our lives.

To wish happiness for others, even for those who want to do us harm, is the source of consummate happiness.

I feel as though I've proved myself these last five years that I can be one of the top players in the league.

The trouble with records is that they're too short.

You have to remember that writing itself is so solitary. You start writing because you're lonely.

We ask only to be reassured About the noises in the cellar And the window that should not have been open