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Rose Elizabeth Bird: We have probed...

Rose Elizabeth Bird: We have probed...

We have probed the earth, excavated it, burned it, ripped things from it, buried things in it . . . . That does not...

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Corrie Ten Boom: Faith is like...

Corrie Ten Boom: Faith is like...

Faith is like radar that sees through the fog -- the reality of things at a distance that the human eye cannot...

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Mary Ritter Beard: It is grievous...

Mary Ritter Beard: It is grievous...

It is grievous to read the papers in most respects, I agree. More and more I skim the headlines only, for one can be...

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Isabelle Eberhardt: For those who...

Isabelle Eberhardt: For those who...

For those who know the value of and exquisite taste of solitary freedom (for one is only free when alone), the act of...

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Maria Mitchell: When we are...

Maria Mitchell: When we are...

When we are chafed and fretted by small cares, a look at the stars will show us the littleness of our own...

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Beryl Markham: The abhorrence of...

Beryl Markham: The abhorrence of...

The abhorrence of loneliness is as natural as wanting to live at all.

Source: In...

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Karen Horney: Fortunately, analysis is...

Karen Horney: Fortunately, analysis is...

Fortunately, analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective...

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Sylvia Ashton-Warner: The truth is...

Sylvia Ashton-Warner: The truth is...

The truth is that I am enslaved . . . in one vast love affair with 70 children.

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Madame Chiang Kai-Shek: We write our...

Madame Chiang Kai-Shek: We write our...

We write our own destiny; we become what we do.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Charlotte Forten Grimke: Ah, what a...

Charlotte Forten Grimke: Ah, what a...

Ah, what a grand, glorious day this has been. The dawn of freedom which it heralds may not break upon us at once; but...

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bell hooks: [O]ne of the...

bell hooks: [O]ne of the...

[O]ne of the most vital ways we sustain ourselves is by building communities of resistance, places where we know we...

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St Teresa of Avila: Remember that you...

St Teresa of Avila: Remember that you...

Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you...

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Experience, like a...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Experience, like a...

Experience, like a pale musician, holds
A dulcimer of patience in his hand.


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Deborah Tannen: When people realize...

Deborah Tannen: When people realize...

When people realize that in the long run you may be turning off the audiences more, even though they will look...

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Ruth Benedict: We grow in...

Ruth Benedict: We grow in...

We grow in time to trust the future for our answers.

Source: An Anthropologist at...

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Emma Hart Willard: While their sisters...

Emma Hart Willard: While their sisters...

While their sisters are gliding through the mazes of the midnight dance, [sons] employ the lamp, to treasure up for...

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Marie Anne du Deffand: I hear nothings,...

Marie Anne du Deffand: I hear nothings,...

I hear nothings, I speak nothings, I take interest in nothing and from nothing to nothing I travel gently down the...

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Ruth Benedict: If we justify...

Ruth Benedict: If we justify...

If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which they find themselves possessed, not...

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Anne Wilson Schaef: I realize that...

Anne Wilson Schaef: I realize that...

I realize that humor isn't for everyone. It's only for people who want to have fun, enjoy life, and feel...

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Zora Neale Hurston: Happiness is nothing...

Zora Neale Hurston: Happiness is nothing...

Happiness is nothing but everyday living seen through a veil.

Source: Moses: Man of...

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