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Peace Pilgrim: The way of...

Peace Pilgrim: The way of...

The way of peace is the way of love. Love is the greatest power on earth. It conquers all...

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Helen Rowland: Marriage is a...

Helen Rowland: Marriage is a...

Marriage is a bargain, and somebody has to get the worst of the bargain.

Source: In...

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Helen Rowland: No man can...

Helen Rowland: No man can...

No man can understand why a woman shouldn't prefer a good reputation to a good time.

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Helen Rowland: Variety is the...

Helen Rowland: Variety is the...

Variety is the spice of love.

Source: Reflections of a Bachelor Girl (1903; p....

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Love is a...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Love is a...

Love is a force. It is not a result; it is a cause. It is not a product; it produces. It is a power, like money or...

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Simone de Beauvoir: If you live...

Simone de Beauvoir: If you live...

If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.

Source:...

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Barbara Grizzuti Harrison: Fantasies are more...

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison: Fantasies are more...

Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All acts performed...

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Margaret Anderson: My unreality is...

Margaret Anderson: My unreality is...

My unreality is chiefly this: I have never felt much like a human being. It's a splendid...

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Helen Gurley Brown: My success was...

Helen Gurley Brown: My success was...

My success was not based so much on any great intelligence but on great common sense.

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Marya Mannes: Timing and arrogance...

Marya Mannes: Timing and arrogance...

Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent.

Source:...

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Helen Keller: Doubt and mistrust...

Helen Keller: Doubt and mistrust...

Doubt and mistrust are the mere panic of timid imagination, which the steadfast heart will conquer, and the large mind...

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Helen Keller: It's wonderful to...

Helen Keller: It's wonderful to...

It's wonderful to climb the liquid mountains of the sky. Behind me and before me is God and I have no...

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Helen Keller: One should never...

Helen Keller: One should never...

One should never count the years -- one should instead count one's interests. I have kept young trying never to lose...

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Susan B Anthony: [Bicycling] has done...

Susan B Anthony: [Bicycling] has done...

[Bicycling] has done more to emancipate women than any one thing in the world. It gives her a feeling of self-reliance...

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Eliza Wood Burhans Farnham: The ultimate aim...

Eliza Wood Burhans Farnham: The ultimate aim...

The ultimate aim of the human mind, in all its efforts, is to become acquainted with...

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Susan B Anthony: Resolved, that the...

Susan B Anthony: Resolved, that the...

Resolved, that the women of this nation in 1876, have greater cause for discontent, rebellion and revolution than the...

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Erma Bombeck: The only reason...

Erma Bombeck: The only reason...

The only reason I would take up jogging is so I could hear heavy breathing again.

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Andrea Dworkin: Women, for centuries...

Andrea Dworkin: Women, for centuries...

Women, for centuries not having access to pornography and now unable to bear looking at the muck on the supermarket...

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Andrea Dworkin: Men are rewarded...

Andrea Dworkin: Men are rewarded...

Men are rewarded for learning the practice of violence in virtually any sphere of activity by money, admiration,...

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Helen Rowland: Love, like chicken...

Helen Rowland: Love, like chicken...

Love, like chicken salad or restaurant hash, must be taken with blind faith or it loses its...

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