It appears to me impossible that I should cease to exist, or that this active, restless spirit, equally alive to joy and sorrow, should be only organized dust.

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!

Every morning I look in the mirror and remind myself: "No one owes you sh*t!" In this way, I am never disappointed. Never placing blame.

Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn't illegal.

The greatest threats to Democracy are comfort and apathy.

It is not work that kills; but no work and overwork.

[T]he laws of quantum mechanics itself cannot be formulated ... without recourse to the concept of consciousness.

Most of us are referees at heart; we like to call throws and errors on someone else.

Listen, I must be 110 by now. Granny is going to kick the bucket at some point.

Every doctrine has a theory of the beginning.

Ireland unfree shall never be at peace

A phenomenon often seen. A sceptic adhering to a believer; that is as simple as the law of the complementary colours. What we lack attracts us. Nobody loves the light like the blind man.