Nobody ever listened to me until they didn't know who I was.

Not in that sense. What I need is the companionship of another person who can, as it were, complete me—supply what is wanting in me—be one with me in all my striving. MAIA.

But he got right to the top. And I heard harps in the air. My - my master builder!

Anyone who's sold herself for somebody else once isn't going to do it again.

A thousand words leave not the same deep impression as does a single deed.

Public opinion is an extremely mutable thing

“A witty saying proves nothing.”

“The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.”

Only entropy comes easy.

I don’t understand anything about the ballet; all I know is that during the intervals the ballerinas stink like horses.

In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.

I feel like a donkey, with a stick in my mouth and a carrot up my ass.

They say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death.

There are a great many opinions in this world, and a good half of them are professed by people who have never been in trouble." (The Mill)

Wisdom.... comes not from age, but from education and learning.

“If a country is a corruption – free and beautiful, to make the land of those who mind, I firmly believe that these three prominent members of society: father, mother, and Master.”

“Every pain gives a lesson and every lesson changes a person.”

“Your Best Teacher is Your Last Mistake.”

“Never pray for justice, because you might get some.”

“Touch comes before sight, before speech. It is the first language and the last, and it always tells the truth.”

“You can have anything you want if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.” 

“My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.” 

“If there is anything that links the human to the divine, it is the courage to stand by a principle when everybody else rejects it.” 

“I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me.”