Rules and models destroy genius and art.

A decision without the pressure of consequence is hardly a decision at all.

Eric Langmuir.

We are lonesome animals. We spend all of our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say-and to feel-

John Steinbeck

The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and it would have done somewhat more, if the government had not sometimes got in its way

Henry David Thoreau

Heart and head are the constituent parts of character temperament has almost nothing to do with it, and, therefore, character is dependent upon education, and is susceptible of being corrected and improved.

Giacomo Casanova

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Thomas Paine

My dad was very fun and very adventurous, and from a formative age I learned to value men who would do things on a whim.

Rachel Hunter

Feminism is hated because women are hated. Anti-feminism is a direct expression of misogyny it is the political defense of women hating.

Andrea Dworkin

When you think of it, really there are four fundamental questions of life. You've asked them, I've asked them, every thinking person asks them. They boil down to this; origin, meaning, morality and destiny. 'How did I come into being? What brings life meaning? How do I know right from wrong? Where am I headed after I die?'

Ravi Zacharias

What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions on which he habitually acts.

George Bernard Shaw

He is a king who fears nothing, he is a king who desires nothing!

Seneca (Seneca the Elder)

You can be a thousand different women. It's your choice which one you want to be. It's about freedom and sovereignty. You celebrate who you are. You say, 'This is my kingdom.'

Salma Hayek

The future depends on what you do today.

Mahatma Gandhi