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Catharine Esther Beecher: To open avenues...

Catharine Esther Beecher: To open avenues...

To open avenues to political place and power for all classes of women would cause [the] humble labors of the family...

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Benjamin E Mays: . . ....

Benjamin E Mays: . . ....

. . . the circumference of life cannot be rightly drawn until the center is set.

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bell hooks: The academy is...

bell hooks: The academy is...

The academy is not paradise. But learning is a place where paradise can be created.

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John Erskine: There's a difference...

John Erskine: There's a difference...

There's a difference between beauty and charm. A beautiful woman is one I notice. A charming woman is one who notices...

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Abraham Maslow: What is necessary...

Abraham Maslow: What is necessary...

What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.

Source:...

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Stephen Leacock: Electricity is of...

Stephen Leacock: Electricity is of...

Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one comes a little more...

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George V: How is the...

George V: How is the...

How is the Empire?

Source: In The Times, 21 Jan 1936
-- George V, (Jun 3...

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Mary McLeod Bethune: I plunged into...

Mary McLeod Bethune: I plunged into...

I plunged into the job of creating something from nothing . . . Though I hadn't a penny left, I considered cash money...

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Betty Smith: The difference between...

Betty Smith: The difference between...

The difference between rich and poor is that the poor do everything with their own hands and the rich hire hands to do...

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Elie Wiesel: Once you bring...

Elie Wiesel: Once you bring...

Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the...

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Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: The human mind...

Anne Louise Germaine de Stael: The human mind...

The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals.

Source: In...

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Sun Tzu [Wu]: If you know...

Sun Tzu [Wu]: If you know...

If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred...

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Sun Tzu [Wu]: Hence that general...

Sun Tzu [Wu]: Hence that general...

Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense...

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Henry Brooks Adams: Philosophy: unintelligible answers...

Henry Brooks Adams: Philosophy: unintelligible answers...

Philosophy: unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

Source: Adams's...

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Nathan Huggins: The vogue of...

Nathan Huggins: The vogue of...

The vogue of the New Negro . . . had all of the character of a public relations promotion. The Negro had to be sold to...

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Anthony Trollope: Three hours a...

Anthony Trollope: Three hours a...

Three hours a day will produce as much as a man ought to write.

Source:...

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J B S Haldane: Science is vastly...

J B S Haldane: Science is vastly...

Science is vastly more stimulating to the imagination than are the classics.

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A E Housman: When I was...

A E Housman: When I was...

When I was one-and-twenty
I heard a wise man say,
`Give crowns and pounds and guineas
But not your heart...

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Rose Elizabeth Bird: The judiciary must...

Rose Elizabeth Bird: The judiciary must...

The judiciary must not take on the coloration of whatever may be popular at the moment. [W]e are guardian of rights,...

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J B S Haldane: While I do...

J B S Haldane: While I do...

While I do not suggest that humanity will ever be able to dispense with its martyrs, I cannot avoid the suspicion that...

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