The mind is constituted to accept the god of the more powerful. If you have to choose between the god of the slave owner and the god of the enslaved, naturally you will choose the former . . .

The successful cannot be unhappy -- it was a contradiction in terms.

Doubt is the ally of hope, not its enemy, and together they made all the blessing he had.

It is everyone's bounden duty to try to get more than they have got already. If you have got two shillin' you try to make it into four shillin' . . . there is no end to it.

Nothing a man suffers will prevent him from inflicting suffering on others. Indeed, it will teach him the way

Only way to live here is day by day, same as anywhere.

(...) and spend my days surrounded by wise books, - bright windows in this life of ours, lit by the shining souls of men.

I'd gladly stop working if someone can prove that stupid chatter will maake my day.

Democracy, like liberty, justice and other social and political rights, is not "given", it is earned through courage, resolution and sacrifice.

I am the victor. In the end nothing else matters.

Don't judge yourself; simply return your attention to what's in front of you right now.

Last night I asked my husband, 'What's your favorite sexual position?' and he said, 'Next door.'

If you put out 150 percent, then you can always expect 100 percent back. That's what I was always told as a kid, and It's worked for me so far!

and now we get to the hard part. the endings, the farewells, and the famous last words. if you don't hear from me often, remember that you're in my thoughts.

This is how you know religion is failing because people think you're bonkers if you believe in God and also because it's so uncool believing in Jesus and everything.

I am against the fact that a settler minority should impose an entire system of values on an indigenous people.