I did not myself know what I wanted: I feared life, desired to escape from it, yet still hoped something of it.
Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.
Everything around you that you call life was made up by people, and you can change it.
Before you call yourself a Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu or any other theology, learn to be human first.
I don't have a lot of patience for stories in which women are rescued by men.
Ignorance is the greatest slave master in the universe.
Be Fearful When Others Are Greedy and Greedy When Others Are Fearful
To say nothing is saying something. You must denounce things you are against or one might believe that you support things you really do not.
Any foolish boy can stamp on a beetle, but all the professors in the world cannot make a beetle.
I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous.
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