“True friendship can exist only between equals.”

Either we shall find what it is we are seeking or at least we shall free ourselves from the persuasion that we know what we do not know.

All learning has an emotional base.

Character is simply habit long continued.

Humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces.

Knowledge is the food of the soul.

The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.

Only the dead have seen the end of war.

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.

Those who don’t know must learn from those who do.

A life without investigation is not worth living.

A house that has a library in it has a soul.

He feels particularly ashamed if ever he is seen by his lovers to be invovled in something dishonourable.

People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.

The day may be approaching when the whole world will recognize woman as the equal of man.

Feminism is equality: politically; culturally; socially; economically. That’s it, that simple.

Every constitution written since the end of World War II includes a provision that men and women are citizens of equal stature. Ours does not.

If you believe in equality, you’re a feminist. Sorry to tell you.

I didn’t change the Constitution; the equality principle was there from the start. I just was an advocate for seeing its full realization.

It’s not the one-half that’s never been told; it’s the three-quarters.

The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality.

We will fight, and we will win.