Don't speak evil of someone if you don't know for certain, and if you do know ask yourself, why am I telling it?

Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.

You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad.

The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart.

What knowledge is there of which man is capable that is not founded on the exterior,--the relation that exists between visible and invisible, the perceptible and the imperceptible?

You can depend on no man, on no friend, but him who can depend on himself.

Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.

Be certain that he who has betrayed thee once will betray thee again.

Sensibility is the power of woman.

I initially thought I would be an architect, maybe. So I went to architecture camp and quickly learned that I did not want to be an architect. I was like, 'No. This is not for me.'

I had the realization that hunger is not caused by scarcity of food, it is caused by the production system and an absence of democracy throughout the world.

Whatever we think about and question a lot becomes questionable.

The truth is, that I feel alone most of the time. I stopped believing in happiness, but I know that music makes me feel good.

Respond to others about your work with equanimity.

I like to show as much of a woman as I can. I like to fill things out.

Strings of gravity vibrate at a different frequency than strings of light.

The unoccupied fields of the world must have their Calvary before they have their Pentecost.

Look to your experience in dreams to know how you will fare in death. Look to your experience of sleep to discover whether or not you are truly awake.

Sometimes the greatest victories we can make for mankind are the victories we make over ourselves.