The bedfellows politics made are never strange. It only seems that way to those who have not watched the courtship.
I never wanted but your heart--that gone, you have nothing more to give.
. . . we never do any thing well, unless we love it for its own sake.
To improve both sexes they ought, not only in private families, but in public schools, to be educated together. If marriage be the cement of society, mankind should all be educated after the same model, or the intercourse of the sexes will never deserve the name of fellowship.
But women are very differently situated with respect to eachother - for they are all rivals (. . . ) Is it then surprising that when the sole ambition of woman centres in beauty, and interest gives vanity additional force, perpetual rivalships should ensue? They are all running the same race, and would rise above the virtue of morals, if they did not view each other with a suspicious and even envious eye.
When a man seduces a woman, it should, I think, be termed a left-handed marriage.
And this homage to women's attractions has distorted their understanding tosuch an extent that almost all the civilized women of the present century are anxious only to inspire love, when they ought to have the nobler aim of getting respect for their abilities and virtues.
Your subconscious is always working in the background, unlocking things and solving problems.
I think it's been hard for people to understand how Islam can be a good religion, and yet the Islamists are evil. Those of us who have had experience with Islam understand this, just as we understand the difference between snake handlers and people going to church on Sunday morning.
My expectations are incredibly high.
I get to interact with a bunch of young people that are up against despair constantly.