The moon was so young, so strange, even as a young girl who is dreaming and is afraid to tell her dreams; and it was shining only for itself.

Only the footsteps of the blind are short, but their thoughts are long.

The loss of reason seems to me honorable, like the death of a sentry at his post.

Ah well, 'tis the way of the world -- births and deaths, births and deaths.

Men are always murderers, and their calmness and generosity is the calmness of a well-fed animal, that knows itself out of danger.

Thus will we deal with life, my little help-meet. Will we not, eh? What though it blink at us like an owl that is blinded by the sun, we will yet force it to smile.

Wisdom and folly are equal before the face of Infinity, for Infinity knows them not.

To succeed in life one needs two things -- influence and a lucky star.

When a woman weeps, it is a man's shame.

Who strikes man with love -- God or the Devil?

When a man has the rope about his neck, you don't ask him about his health!

All children are love children, he said, but only the best ones are ever called that.

Compassion is born out of lovingkindness.It is born of knowing our oneness, not just thinking about it or wishing it were so. It is born out of the wisdom of seeing things exactly as they are.

There is no one more capable of helping you than yourself.

Do feminists have a sense of humor? Yes.

I believe in the rights of every individual and to have the opportunity to help strengthen our members and to give them voice has been a privilege. I really am honored.

The more bad choices you make, the less bad your choices seem.

Christianity has enriched the erotic meal with the appetizer of curiosity and spoiled it with the dessert of remorse.

To engage a sequence, we keep in mind the photographs on either side of the one in our eye.

Peace and negativity cannot coexist just as light and darkness cannot coexist.

To conclude, the tragedy of March 25 [1969] caught me by surprise. Yahya Khan fooled even me.