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Corrie Ten Boom: Faith is like...

Corrie Ten Boom: Faith is like...

Faith is like radar that sees through the fog -- the reality of things at a distance that the human eye cannot...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: When a noble...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: When a noble...

When a noble life has prepared old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of...

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Marie Anne du Deffand: Women are never...

Marie Anne du Deffand: Women are never...

Women are never stronger than when they arm themselves with their weakness.

Source:...

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Annie Elizabeth Delany: Ain't nobody going...

Annie Elizabeth Delany: Ain't nobody going...

Ain't nobody going to censor me, no, sir! I'm a hundred and one years old, and at my age, honey, I can say what I...

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Maria Montessori: The only language...

Maria Montessori: The only language...

The only language men ever speak perfectly is the one they learn in babyhood, when no one can teach them...

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bell hooks: It is poetry...

bell hooks: It is poetry...

It is poetry that changes everything.

Source: Black Is a Woman's Color, 1989.
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Marie Anne du Deffand: Do I believe...

Marie Anne du Deffand: Do I believe...

Do I believe in ghosts? No, but I'm afraid of them.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Etty Hillesum: Life cannot be...

Etty Hillesum: Life cannot be...

Life cannot be captured in a few axioms. And that is just what I keep trying to do. But it won't work, for life is...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: When a noble...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: When a noble...

When a noble life has prepared for old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of...

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Simone Weil: [D]azzling achievements are...

Simone Weil: [D]azzling achievements are...

[D]azzling achievements are possible, which can make a man's name live for thousands of years. But above this level,...

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Anne Wilson Schaef: Trusting our intuition...

Anne Wilson Schaef: Trusting our intuition...

Trusting our intuition often saves us from disaster.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Marie Anne du Deffand: I love nothing...

Marie Anne du Deffand: I love nothing...

I love nothing and that is the true cause of my ennui.

Source: Letter to Jean Le...

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Alice Paul: I never doubted...

Alice Paul: I never doubted...

I never doubted that equal rights was the right direction. Most reforms, most problems are complicated. But to me...

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Mary Jean LeTendre: Let us never...

Mary Jean LeTendre: Let us never...

Let us never confuse stability with stagnation.

Source:
-- Mary Jean LeTendre,...

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Aimee Semple Mcpherson: With God, I...

Aimee Semple Mcpherson: With God, I...

With God, I can do all things! But with God and you, and the people who you can interest, by the grace of God, we're...

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Rachel Carson: Those who contemplate...

Rachel Carson: Those who contemplate...

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life...

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Beryl Markham: The abhorrence of...

Beryl Markham: The abhorrence of...

The abhorrence of loneliness is as natural as wanting to live at all.

Source: In...

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Doroth?e DeLuzy: Employment and ennui...

Doroth?e DeLuzy: Employment and ennui...

Employment and ennui are simply incompatible.

Source: In The Last Word - A Treasury...

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bell hooks: She wants to...

bell hooks: She wants to...

She wants to express herself -- to speak her mind. To them it is just talking back.

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Anne Wilson Schaef: I realize that...

Anne Wilson Schaef: I realize that...

I realize that humor isn't for everyone. It's only for people who want to have fun, enjoy life, and feel...

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