A man is educated and turned out to work. But a woman is educated and turned out to grass.

Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment.

We must have hope or starve to death.

to know how to read is to light a lamp in the mind, to release the soul from prison, to open a gate to the universe." from Pavilion of Women page 292

At heart a truly modest man, he had nevertheless the modest man's pride in his modesty in the face of achievement.

Love can never be a sin. It can be only a blessing. Even if you're not loved in return -- though I can't imagine that -- to love is a proof of life -- indeed, it's the only proof, for once you can't love another human being, you're not alive.

Upon the profound discontent of the young in every country do I set my faith. I beg you, the young, to be discontented. I pray that you may rebel against what is wrong, not with feeble negative complaining but with strong positive assertion of what is right for all humanity.