A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.

Sow good services; sweet remembrances will grow them.

—Madame de Stael

We understand death for the first time when he puts his hand upon one whom we love.

—Madame de Stael

The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it.

—Madame de Stael

In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.

—Madame de Stael

We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.

—Madame de Stael

Our struggle today is not to have a female Einstein get appointed as an assistant professor. It is for a woman schlemiel to get as quickly promoted as a male schlemiel.

—Bella Abzug

The only real struggle in the history of the world … is between the vested interest and social justice.

—Arnold Toynbee

If I seem to take part in politics, it is only because politics encircles us today like the coil of a snake from which one cannot get out, no matter how much one tries. I wish therefore to wrestle with the snake.

—Mahatma Gandhi

To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle.

—George Orwell