Theories by women about women have only recently begun to appear in print. Theories by men about women are abundant.

The vanity of men, a constant insult to women, is also the ground for the implicit feminine claim of superior sensitivity and morality.

Gossip, even when it avoids the sexual, bears around it a faint flavor of the erotic.

The pleasure of reading biography, like that of reading letters, derives from the universal hunger to penetrate other lives.

Women serve as guardians of culture, upholders of society.

Positive change happens when darkness is exposed to light

Not planning for your time expenditure simply means deliberately intending to fail.

Life is tough, and it's really tough when you're stupid.

The greatest achievements are those that benefit others.

Enlightenment doesn't occur by accident. It is a deliberate decision that someone makes again and again. It is something you grow into and develop in.

I wanted to give up, but my family kept me going.

Life can be boring unless you put some effort into it.

Writing requires a great deal of skill, just like painting does. People don't want to learn those skills.

The individual produces an object and, by consuming it, returns to himself, but returns as a productive and self reproducing individual. Consumption thus appears as a moment of production.

We should profile Muslims, or anyone who looks like he or she could conceivably be Muslim, and we should be honest about it.