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Beatrice Potter Webb: Religion is love;...

Beatrice Potter Webb: Religion is love;...

Religion is love; in no case is it logic.

Source: My Apprenticeship, Ch. 2,...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Search for the...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: Search for the...

Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.

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Elizabeth Dole: Women share with...

Elizabeth Dole: Women share with...

Women share with men the need for personal success, even the taste of power, and no longer are we willing to satisfy...

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Corazon Aquino: They came out...

Corazon Aquino: They came out...

They came out in the millions to show their dogged support for the woman the dictatorship claimed it had defeated in...

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Queen Mother Elizabeth: I would not...

Queen Mother Elizabeth: I would not...

I would not want it to be though that I had lived for all these years without having anything to show for...

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Nancy Astor: Real education should...

Nancy Astor: Real education should...

Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all...

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Adelle Davis: To say that...

Adelle Davis: To say that...

To say that obesity is caused by merely consuming too many calories is like saying that the only cause of the American...

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Helene Deutsch: The embattled gates...

Helene Deutsch: The embattled gates...

The embattled gates to equal rights indeed opened up for modern women, but I sometimes think to myself: That is not...

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Erica Jong: Advice is what...

Erica Jong: Advice is what...

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

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Vicki Baum: Fame always brings...

Vicki Baum: Fame always brings...

Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.

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Mary Martha Sherwood: . . ....

Mary Martha Sherwood: . . ....

. . . it is the very nature of sin to prevent man from meditating on spiritual things. . .

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Naomi Weisstein: Why have they...

Naomi Weisstein: Why have they...

Why have they been telling us women lately that we have no sense of humor -- when we are always laughing? . . . and...

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Gail Pursell Elliott: Life?s lessons may...

Gail Pursell Elliott: Life?s lessons may...

Life?s lessons may be viewed as difficulties or challenges to be overcome, but in reality they are an exercise in fine...

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Dorothy L Sayers: She always says,...

Dorothy L Sayers: She always says,...

She always says, my lord, that facts are like cows. If you look them in the face hard enough they generally run...

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Fanny Crosby: When I get...

Fanny Crosby: When I get...

When I get to heaven, the first face that shall ever gladden my sight will be that of my...

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Marianne Williamson: There is nothing...

Marianne Williamson: There is nothing...

There is nothing Madison Avenue can give us that will make us more beautiful women. We are beautiful because God...

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Elisabeth Kubler-Ross: People are like...

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross: People are like...

People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in,...

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Diane Ravitch: The ladder was...

Diane Ravitch: The ladder was...

The ladder was there, from the gutter to the university, and for those stalwart enough to ascend it, the schools were...

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Freda Adler: If one would...

Freda Adler: If one would...

If one would discern the centers of dominance in any society, one need only look to its definitions of virtue and vice...

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Barbara Ehrenreich: We who officially...

Barbara Ehrenreich: We who officially...

We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the...

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