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Helen Rowland: Wedding: the point...

Helen Rowland: Wedding: the point...

Wedding: the point at which a man stops toasting a woman and begins roasting her.

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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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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: Science may have...

Helen Keller: Science may have...

Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all -- the apathy of...

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Dorothy Parker: He has a...

Dorothy Parker: He has a...

He has a capacity for enjoyment so vast that he gives away great chunks to those about him, and never even misses...

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Dorothy Parker: This play John...

Dorothy Parker: This play John...

This play John Drinkwater's Abraham Lincoln holds the season's record, thus far, with a run of four evening...

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Susan B Anthony: Oh, yes. I'd...

Susan B Anthony: Oh, yes. I'd...

Oh, yes. I'd do it all again; the spirit is willing yet; I feel the same desire to do the work but the flesh is weak....

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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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Emily Dickinson: The abdication of...

Emily Dickinson: The abdication of...

The abdication of Belief
Makes the Behavior small --
Better an ignis fatuus
Than no illume at...

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Shirley MacLaine: I am an...

Shirley MacLaine: I am an...

I am an expert in hookers. I'm an expert in doormats. I'm an expert in victims. They were the best parts. And when I...

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Cher: If you really...

Cher: If you really...

If you really want something, you can figure out how to make it happen.

Source: In...

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Oprah Winfrey: I'm a truth...

Oprah Winfrey: I'm a truth...

I'm a truth seeker. That's what I do every day on the show - put out the truth. Some people don't like it, they call...

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Judith Jamison: I remember always...

Judith Jamison: I remember always...

I remember always the need to know myself, because if I avoid know ing who I am deep inside, then I can't express what...

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Emily Dickinson: The distance that...

Emily Dickinson: The distance that...

The distance that the dead have gone
Does not at first appear --
Their coming back seems possible
For many an...

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Emily Dickinson: If I feel...

Emily Dickinson: If I feel...

If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry. Is there any other...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: These words dropped...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: These words dropped...

These words dropped into my childish mind as if you should accidentally drop a ring into a deep well. I did not think...

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P D James: We English are...

P D James: We English are...

We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our...

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Naomi Mitchison: Keep it light...

Naomi Mitchison: Keep it light...

Keep it light so you can say a lot more, especially if it's something you care about.

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Louisa May Alcott: Rome took all...

Louisa May Alcott: Rome took all...

Rome took all the vanity out of me; for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live, and gave up...

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