Some difficulty is warranted and other difficulty I think is gratuitous. And I think I can tell the difference. There are certainly very difficult poets that I really enjoy reading.
Work. . . has always been my favorite form of recreation.
Think of submitting our measure to the advice of politicians! I would as soon submit the subject of the equality of a goose to a fox.
Around me I saw women overworked and underpaid, doing men's work at half men's wages, not because their work was inferior, but because they were women.
Nothing bigger can come to a human being than to love a great cause more than life itself.
I wake up every morning with a great desire to live joyfully.
A gentleman opposed to their enfranchisement once said to me, women have never produced anything of any value to the world. I told him the chief product of the women had been the men, and left it to him to decide whether the product was of any value.
The goal is not to turn kids into your kind of adult, but rather better adults than you have been.
Social evolution may be the result of intention, but it rarely, if ever, produces the result intended.
Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
Music gets us in touch with our emotions in a way that's more intimate than any other art form.