There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies.

Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.

All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone's feelings.

Those who fear the facts will forever try to discredit the fact-finders.

Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs.

Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.

Oh! how near are genius and madness! Men imprison them and chain them, or raise statues to them.

In general, children, like men, and men, like children, prefer entertainment to education.

Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man.

Relationships are never static. They have to evolve over time as the individuals in them change.

Keep your head down, Edward. Those that see too much quickly find themselves seeing nothing at all.

It's the plugging away that will win you the day So don't be a piker old pard! Just draw on your grit it's so easy to quit- It's the keeping your chin up that's hard.

~My children are my life ... It's not like I don't have my own wants and and dreams anymore - it's just that the kids come first.~

The Bible's emphasis is on the good treatment of animals, and not just the forbidding of cruel treatment.

Abundance flows into my life in surprising and miraculous ways every day.

Why should I put a bunch of Cadillacs on the ice, when I can sell out with a bunch of volkswagens

The most virtuous women have within them something that is never chaste.

There are people who make a hobby of telling others what they can do and what they can't do. I've learnt to not listen to those people.

The privilege of absurdity; to which no living creature is subject, but man only.