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Sheilah Graham: That youthful sparkle...

Sheilah Graham: That youthful sparkle...

That youthful sparkle in his eyes is caused by his contact lenses, which he keeps highly...

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Sarah Ban Breathnach: As we become...

Sarah Ban Breathnach: As we become...

As we become curators of our own contentment on the Simple Abundance path. . . we learn to savor the small with a...

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Dorothy Canfield Fisher: Like other potentates...

Dorothy Canfield Fisher: Like other potentates...

Like other potentates with a long habit of arbitrary authority, she covered her perplexity with a smart show of...

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Amelia Barr: Whatever the scientists...

Amelia Barr: Whatever the scientists...

Whatever the scientists may say, if we take the supernatural out of life, we leave only the...

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Midge Decter: Women's Liberation calls...

Midge Decter: Women's Liberation calls...

Women's Liberation calls it enslavement but the real truth about the sexual revolution is that it has made of sex an...

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Catherine Drinker Bowen: Chamber music --...

Catherine Drinker Bowen: Chamber music --...

Chamber music -- a conversation between friends.

Source: In The Last Word - A...

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Helen Rowland: Marriage is like...

Helen Rowland: Marriage is like...

Marriage is like twirling a baton, turning hand springs or eating with chopsticks. It looks easy until you try...

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Marsha Sinetar: Life's up and...

Marsha Sinetar: Life's up and...

Life's up and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals. Think of using all obstacles as...

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Sara Jeannette Duncan: A human being...

Sara Jeannette Duncan: A human being...

A human being isn't an orchid, he must draw something from the soil he grows in.

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Eda LeShan: Psychotherapy can be...

Eda LeShan: Psychotherapy can be...

Psychotherapy can be one of the greatest and most rewarding adventures, it can bring with it the deepest feelings of...

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Why do progress...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Why do progress...

Why do progress and beauty have to be so opposed?

Source: Hour of Glory, Hour of...

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Peggy Noonan: Speeches are not...

Peggy Noonan: Speeches are not...

Speeches are not magic and there is no great speech without great policy.

Source:...

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Simone de Beauvoir: Change your life...

Simone de Beauvoir: Change your life...

Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.

Source:...

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Alice Embree: Shortly after the...

Alice Embree: Shortly after the...

Shortly after the turn of the century, America marshalled her resources, contracted painfully, and gave birth to the...

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Florence King: Families composed of...

Florence King: Families composed of...

Families composed of rugged individualists have to do things obliquely.

Source:...

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Suzanne LaFollette: Most people, no...

Suzanne LaFollette: Most people, no...

Most people, no doubt, when they espouse human rights, make their own mental reservations about the proper application...

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Carolyn Heilbrun: Quoting, like smoking,...

Carolyn Heilbrun: Quoting, like smoking,...

Quoting, like smoking, is a dirty habit to which I am devoted.

Source: In The...

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Oriana Fallaci: I always introduce...

Oriana Fallaci: I always introduce...

I always introduce myself as an encyclopedia of defects which I do not deny. Why should I? It took me a whole life...

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Sheila Ballantyne: You can always...

Sheila Ballantyne: You can always...

You can always trust information given you by people who are crazy; they have an access to truth not available through...

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Virgilia Peterson: Were marriage no...

Virgilia Peterson: Were marriage no...

Were marriage no more than a convenient screen for sexuality, some less cumbersome and costly protection must have...

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