it matters infinitely less what we do than what we are.

Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare.

Women, like men, must be educated with a view to action, or their studies cannot be called education.

I certainly had no idea how little faith Christians have in their own faith till I saw how ill their courage and temper can stand any attack on it.

Marriage ... is still the imperfect institution it must remain while women continue to be ill-educated, passive, and subservient.

You had better live your best and act your best and think your best today; for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow.

The imagination, once awakened, must and will work, and ought to work

My own feeling of concern arises from seeing how much moral injury and suffering is created by the superstitions of the Christian mythology.

It is hard to tell which is worse; the wide diffusion of things that are not true, or the suppression of things that are true.

I saw no poor men, except a few intemperate ones. I saw some very poor women; but God and man know that the time has not come for women to make their injuries even heard of.

Happiness consists in the full employment of our faculties in some pursuit.

Moonlight and high wind.Dark poplars toss, insinuate the sea.

Silence hung between them, and Maddy's heartbeat picked up. She probably should have played it cool, but why bother? She wanted him.

A smile is the best way to get away with trouble even if it’s a fake one.

The attributes of sovereignty are now enjoyed by every state in the Union.

If they say "you have your last chance to look at the world", I wish that look would from Çamlıca of Istanbul.

I am a writer - that is what I am before being a performer or musician. I love waking up in the morning and then going to sleep that night with something that did not exist.

We forget the origin of a parvenu if he remembers it; we remember it if he forgets it.

In demanding our praise God is demanding the completion of our pleasure (in him).

I would love to have MS Dhoni in KKR.

Artists should never look at pictures, but should stutter in a language of their own.