It is a shame for a woman to grow old without ever seeing the strength and beauty of which her body is capable.

One always overcompensates for disabilities. I"m thinking of having my entire body surgically removed. read more

• Thought Overcompensates for Disabilities Thinking Having Entire Body Surgically Removed

It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers of feeling. When your heart is broken, your boats are burned: nothing matters any more. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace. read more

• Thought Curious Sensation Sort Pain Goes Mercifully Beyond Our Powers Feeling Heart Broken Boats Burned Nothing Matters Any More End Happiness Beginning Peace

Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it. read more

• Thought Whatever Do Dream Begin Boldness Genius Power Magic

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn. read more

• Thought Ignorant Much Shame Unwilling Learn

There are two things for which animals are to be envied: they know nothing of future evils, or of what people say about them. read more

• Thought Two Things for Which Animals Envied They Nothing Future Evils What People Say About Them

The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new. read more

• Thought Secret Change Focus Energy Fighting Old Building New

By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you"ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you"ll become a philosopher. read more

• Thought by Means Marry Get Good Wife Become Happy Bad Philosopher

To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise, without being wise: for it is to think that we know what we do not know. For anything that men can tell, death may be the greatest good that can happen to them: but they fear it as if they knew quite well that it was the greatest of evils. And what is this but that shameful ignorance of thinking that we know what we do not know? read more

• Thought Fear Death Friends Think Ourselves Wise Without for What Do Anything Men Tell Greatest Good Happen Them They Knew Quite Well Evils Shameful Ignorance Thinking

I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think read more

• Motivational open-mind Cannot Teach Anybody Anything Them Think

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing read more

• open-mind Intelligent Nothing