A slavish bondage to parents cramps every faculty of the mind

I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.

Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?

The beginning is always today.

No man chooses evil because it's evil. He only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.

Women do not want power over men, they want power over themselves.

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!

You are my creator, but I am your master; Obey!

Like the waves in the ocean, life changes every moment.

Let yourself go. Let others in. This is the essence of being made in God's image.

You know the bad thing about being a survivor... You keep having to get into difficult situations in order to show off your gift.

We're phenomenally blessed in the Walla Walla Valley. We have great, complex soil that's nutrient-rich but fairly porous.

The first thing the communists do when they take over a country is to outlaw cockfighting

I have come up the hard way.

Character no longer is shaped by only two earnest, fumbling experts. Now all the world's a sage.

I have to get out of bed every day to make something happen.

The glamour of being forbidden must not be underestimated.