Nothing natural can be wholly unworthy.

The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class - it is the cause of humankind, the very birthright of humanity.

Let our girls feel that we expect something more of them than that they merely look pretty and appear well in society.

Bullies are always cowards at heart and may be credited with a pretty safe instinct in scenting their prey.

Peace produced by suppression is neither natural nor desirable.

The old, subjective, stagnant, indolent and wretched life for woman has gone. She has as many resources as men, as many activities beckon her on. As large possibilities swell and inspire her heart.

A stream cannot rise higher than its source.

One needs occasionally to stand aside from the hum and rush of human interests and passions to hear the voices of God.

Life must be something more than dilettante speculation.

Teach [our girls] that there is a race with special needs which they and only they can help; that the world needs and is already asking for their trained, efficient forces.

I constantly felt (as I suppose many an ambitious girl has felt) a thumping from within unanswered by any beckoning from without.

You are to me like white islands, in a world of vast darkness.

If you are not angry with your average performance, you can't effect a change! You must get upset to grab the energy to break the fence confining you!

Most of us are so enthralled with the scary tigers in our minds--our stories of loneliness, rejection, grief--that we don't realize they are in the past. They can't hurt us anymore.

George Orwell's contention was that it is a sure sign of trouble when things can no longer be called by their right names and described in plain, forthright speech.

I don't really have dream roles. Every single time I've gotten a great job, it's far exceeded my expectations and my dreams.

Hope that, in future, all is well, everyone eats free, no one must work, all just sit around feeling love for one another.

When it's raining like this," said Naoko, "it feels as if we're the only ones in the world. I wish it would just keep raining so the three of us could stay together.

A wise system of education will at last teach us how little man yet knows, how much he has still to learn.

If you think something is ugly, look harder. Ugliness is just a failure of seeing.

Enlightenment, peace, and joy will not be granted by someone else. The well is within us, And if we dig deeply in the present moment, The water will spring forth.