there is such a rebound from parental influence that it generally seems that the child makes use of the directions given by the parent only to avoid the prescribed path.

If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

The especial genius of women I believe to be electrical in movement, intuitive in function, spiritual in tendency.

Nature provides exceptions to every rule.

I am suffocated and lost when I have not the bright feeling of progression.

We would have every arbitrary barrier thrown down. We would have every path laid open to woman as freely as to man.

Whatever the soul knows how to seek, it cannot fail to obtain.

Man is not made for society, but society is made for man. No institution can be good which does not tend to improve the individual.

It was not meant that the soul should cultivate the earth, but that the earth should educate and maintain the soul.

It is so true that a woman may be in love with a woman, and a man with a man. It is pleasant to be sure of it, because it is undoubtedly the same love that we shall feel when we are angels.

I have never felt that the one thing that I am 'known for' is what I am.

In what might be a motto of those who sought the presidency and lost, Ted Kennedy once said, "Frankly, I don't mind not being President. I just mind that someone else is."

If you decide to run for the leadership, you have to go through it with the people you love. But you also have to protect them and I am determined to protect my mum.

If I wanted to punish an enemy, it should be by fastening on him the trouble of constantly hating somebody.

Doctrina sed vim promovet insitam. Instruction enlarges the natural powers of the mind.

Most people are good. They may not be saints, but they are good.

Honor the words that enter and attach to your brain.

If you must work for money, find a way to work and be happy. That is financial intelligence.

There's nothing worse than seeing someone chewing gum on the red carpet!

Christmas is here, Merry old Christmas, Gift-bearing Christmas, Day of grand memories, King of the year!