Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy like art… It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give values to survival.
We are not really senseless, and we are not angels, too,But very human beings, human just as much as you.It’s hard upon occasions to be forceful and sublimeWhen you’re treated as incompetents three-quarters of the time.
Mother, what is a Feminist?””A feminist, my daughter,Is any woman now who caresTo think about her own affairsAs men don’t think she oughter.
When men in Congress come to blows at somemthing someone said,I always notice that it shows their blood is quick and red;But if two women disagree, with very little noise,It proves, and this seems strange to me, that women have no poise.
If it’s painful for you to criticize your friends, you’re safe in doing it; if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that’s the time to hold your tongue.
There, little girl, don’t read,You’re fond of your books, I know,But Brother might mopeIf he had no hopeOf getting ahead of you.It’s dull for a boy who cannot lead.There, little girl, don’t read.
If it’s very painful for you to criticize your friends-you’re safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it that’s the time to hold your tongue.
Good manners are the techniques of expressing consideration for the feelings of others
Listening is not merely not talking though even that is beyond most of our powers it means taking a vigorous human interest in what is being told us.
I was not out to paint beautiful pictures even painting good pictures was not important to me. I wanted only to help the truth burst forth.