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Peace Pilgrim: Unnecessary possessions are...

Peace Pilgrim: Unnecessary possessions are...

Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens. If you have them, you have to take care of them! There is great...

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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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Susan B Anthony: Woman must not...

Susan B Anthony: Woman must not...

Woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself.

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Susan B Anthony: The true Republic:...

Susan B Anthony: The true Republic:...

The true Republic: men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing...

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Helen Rowland: It is easier...

Helen Rowland: It is easier...

It is easier to keep half a dozen lovers guessing than to keep one lover after he has stopped...

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Helen Rowland: Call the bald...

Helen Rowland: Call the bald...

Call the bald man, Boy; make the sage thy toy;
Greet the youth with solemn face; praise the fat man for his...

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Florence King: We worship education...

Florence King: We worship education...

We worship education but hate learning.

Source:
-- Florence King, (Jan 5...

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Katharine Whitehorn: The easiest way...

Katharine Whitehorn: The easiest way...

The easiest way for your children to learn about money is for you not to have any.

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Emily Dickinson: That it will...

Emily Dickinson: That it will...

That it will never come again
Is what makes life so sweet.


Source: poem no....

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Letitia Landon: Ah tell me...

Letitia Landon: Ah tell me...

Ah tell me not that memory
Sheds gladness o'er the past;
What is recalled by faded flowers
Save that they...

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Emily Dickinson: Much Madness is...

Emily Dickinson: Much Madness is...

Much Madness is divinest Sense --
To a discerning Eye --
Much Sense --the starkest Madness...

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Emily Dickinson: We turn not...

Emily Dickinson: We turn not...

We turn not older with years, but newer every day.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Emily Dickinson: To fight aloud...

Emily Dickinson: To fight aloud...

To fight aloud is very brave,
But gallanter, I know,
Who charge within the bosom
The Cavalry of...

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Roseanne Barr: A good...

Roseanne Barr: A good...

A good man doesn't just happen. They have to be created by us women. A guy is a lump like a...

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Shirley Temple Black: One has to...

Shirley Temple Black: One has to...

One has to handle these negative experiences alone. You can't get help from your friends or family. You're finally...

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Ma Rainey: White folks hear...

Ma Rainey: White folks hear...

White folks hear the blues come out, but they don't know how it got there.

Source:...

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Betty Carter: This is our...

Betty Carter: This is our...

This is our culture, and I don't care who the musician is, if he avoids black people, then he is scared of something....

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Emily Dickinson: There is no...

Emily Dickinson: There is no...

There is no Frigate like a Book
To take us Lands away
Nor any Coursers like a Page
Of prancing...

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Emily Dickinson: To live is...

Emily Dickinson: To live is...

To live is so startling, it leaves little time for anything else.

Source: In...

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Emily Dickinson: Where thou art,...

Emily Dickinson: Where thou art,...

Where thou art, that is home.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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