I have been writing and speaking what were once called novelties, for twenty five or thirty years, & have not now one disciple. Why? Not that what I said was not true; not that it has not found intelligent receivers but because it did not go from any wish in me to bring men to me, but to themselves.

Your genuine action will explain itself, and will explain your other genuine actions. Your conformity explains nothing.

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him.

Self-reliance, the height and perfection of man, is reliance on God.

Self-command is the main elegance.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.

I am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that's me.

For every thing you have missed, you have gained something else; and for everything you gain, you lose something else.

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

Nothing will work unless you do.

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

For what avail the plough or sail, or land or life, if freedom fail?

Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

Everything in the universe goes by indirection. There are no straight lines.

Go put your creed into the deed, nor speak with double tongue.

I believe that one can never leave home. I believe that one carries the shadows, the dreams, the fears and the dragons of home under one's skin, at the extreme corners of one's eyes and possibly in the gristle of the earlobe.

I couldn't tell fact from fiction, Or if the dream was true My only sure prediction In this world was you. I'd touch your features inchly. Beard love and dared the cost, The sented spiel reeled me unreal And I found my senses lost.

Strictly speaking, one cannot legislate love, but what one can do is legislate fairness and justice. If legislation does not prohibit our living side by side, sooner or later your child will fall on the pavement and I'll be the one to pick her up. Or one of my children will not be able to get into the house and you'll have to say, "Stop here until your mom comes here." Legislation affords us the chance to see if we might love each other.

Money often costs too much.

Every burned book enlightens the world.

Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody.

love life, engage in it, give it all you've got. love it with a passion, because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it