No civilization is complete which does not include the dumb and defenseless of God's creatures within the sphere of charity and mercy.

We will not have failure - only success and new learning.

Were women to "unsex" themselves by claiming equality with men, they would become the most hateful, heathen, and disgusting of beings and would surely perish without male protection.

The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them.

Give my people plenty of beer, good beer, and cheap beer, and you will have no revolution among them.

Nothing will turn a man's home into a castle more quickly and effectively than a dachshund.

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.

Just close your eyes—and think of England.

Beware of artists, they mix with all classes of society and are therefore most dangerous.

I love peace and quiet, I hate politics and turmoil. We women are not made for governing, and if we are good women, we must dislike these masculine occupations.

Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.

A lot of books in the self-help section of your bookstore really belong in the fiction section.

It is a man's duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries in life.

In the course of our journey leading to Consciousness, our objective should not be creating a positive character, and thus a pleasant scenario, but finding the Existence behind every scenario.

I love your round head, the brilliant green, the watching blue, these letters, this world, you.I am very, very hungry.

A philosopher is a fool who torments himself while he is alive, to be talked of after he is dead.

My mother's side of the family is from the Bahamas, and I spent time there on and off when I was growing up. It's the place where I feel at peace.

Live life as if today is your last day living. :-)

If movies have to satisfy every possible quadrant before they're even made, they're dull. You only get great things when people overreach themselves.

First I would probably place men at the bottom of the food chain. On a grander scale, I would say they're reacting to change. Feminism has got to be part of that.

We would have to invent the U.N if we did not have it which is not an original thought.