...The world is full of happy people but no one ever hears of them. You have to fight and make a scandal to get in the papers. No one knows about all the happy people...

If you are lazy, and accept your lot, you may live in it. If you are willing to work, you can write your name anywhere you choose.

It was a boyish thing to do and it caught the hesitating girl in the depths of her heart, as the boy element in a man ever appeals to a motherly woman.

But Aunt Margaret doesn't like boys, " objected Elnora."Well, she likes me, and I used to be a boy. ...

If you have to stretch that far to reach the justification you want, then perhaps you’re standing upon the wrong pedestal.

Reaching beyond ourselves, exceeding our mind is not a simple thing. It is, in fact, impossible–one half of the Ego is trying to exceed the other.

In general those who nothing have to say Contrive to spend the longest time in doing it.

But man must light for man The fires no other can, And find in his own eye Where the strange crossroads lie.

Work-do plays, learn your craft, and go to school. Keep working. Nobody is going to give you jobs for going to parties or any of that nonsense. Go out, look around, do things.

We do not just blindly concede control to authorities; instead we follow the cues provided by our moral communities on how best to behave.

The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites.

I'm a believer in fate and in fulfilling your destiny. I've always had a kind of inner voice that I have learned to listen to.

The time for boring ethical discussions around disability is over. It's only through feelings of admiration, aspiration, curiosity and envy that we can move forward.

Even the most innocent person, when cornered, is capable of a heartless crime.