You can get away with saying much more with humor than you can with a straight face.

In romance, there's nothing more attractive to a man than a woman who has dignity and pride in who she is.

Anytime a woman competes with another woman she demeans herself.

Truly powerful people don't explain why they want respect. They simply don't engage someone who doesn't give it to them.

When you meet someone who is truly great, he makes you believe you can be great, too. This is the kind of relationship you want, and it's the only kind of relationship worth having.

If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em.

Every guy knows he can find a girl who is simply satisfied with satisfying him. They are much more turned on by a woman who cares about her own pleasure as well.

Be an independent thinker at all times, and ignore anyone who attempts to define you in a limiting way.

Men control the world, but women control the men.

Standing up for yourself doesn't always involve verbal confrontation. Sometimes it's about not wasting energy on people who are negative.

When you are happy, you are sexy

I thought of Shelley in the hospital, how she said sometimes sadness only looked like anger and judgment. Maybe fear did too.

The fact that slavery is written into the Constitution is about as entrenched a form of classism as you could possibly imagine.

The enemies of freedom will not prevail.

Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it—religious fanaticism.

Magic, indeed, is all around us, in stones, flowers, stars, the dawn wind and the sunset cloud; all we need is the ability to see and understand.

If wishes were fishes, we'd all cast nets.

This is the pure form of servitude: to exist as an instrument.

I would love a sandwich,' said Tybalt, with enough gravity to make it sound like a formal proclamation. Resolved: that we will have ham and cheese sandwiches.

Yoga is a study of life, study of your body, breath, mind, intellect, memory, and ego. Study of your inner faculties!

I can't really do anything about the past and all I can do is just embrace the future and try to make the most of the present. So I'm really trying to do that and doing my best every day.