The more hidden the venom, the more dangerous it is.

Women are never so strong as after their defeat.

It is the same in love as in war a fortress that parleys is half taken.

The woman who does not choose to love should cut the matter short at once by holding out no hopes to her suitor.

A woman of honor should not suspect another of things she would not do herself.

Life crumples me like paper, Tight, smashed, discarded. But crumpled paper soon unfolds, Opening slowly, sharing what was once hidden inside, Allowing my story to be revealed.

With every increase in the degree of consciousness, and in proportion to that increase, the intensity of despair increases: the more consciousness the more intense the despair.

A good leader should focus on making sure everyone is being given the tools to do their job, not just expecting - poof! - that they're going to produce great work.

I like to write with a lot of emotion and a lot of power. Sometimes I overdo it; sometimes my prose is a little bit too purple, and I know that.

Saviour! teach me, day by day, Love's sweet lesson to obey; Sweeter lesson cannot be, Loving Him who first loved me. Charity is the very livery of Christ.

No matter what you study, the thing that you know best is what you grew up with.

Twenty-four years ago I was strangely handsome; in San Francisco in the rainy season I was often mistaken for fair weather.

We don't act the same in every situation. Things bleed into all kinds of other things, from behavior to identity.

Anything that comes from the cow, a little milk, butter, cheese, is alright for the spiritual aspirant. There is no harm to the cow, and it is of benefit to take it.

If the mind loves solitude, it has thereby acquired a loftier character, and it becomes still more noble when the taste is indulged in.