The voice of the people has about it something divine: for how otherwise can so many heads agree together as one?

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

A woman in love with herself is magnetic.

Experience alone isn’t a good enough teacher – evaluated experience is.

No greater mistake can be made than to assume that newspapers are correct indices of public opinion.

I'm not perfect, but what's wonderful about eating a plant-based diet is, I don't have to be.

Oratory is the art of making a loud noise sound like a deep thought.

I loved Riot Grrl. Not only was it a punk rock revolution, but it meant you could get dressed for a night out for less than two pounds!

What we've inherited from our ancestors has never existed to this extent before. And if we fail to preserve it, it will never, ever exist again. So we cannot fail.

Fraud and deceit abound in these days more than in former times.

It's entirely possible that there won't be a standing ovation at the end of your journey. That's okay. At least you lived.

Every door opens to something and it is better to go toward that something than to sit staring at the blank wall of time.