Shayri Quotes

We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.

I was a disadvantaged child from a non

educated family

yet I had the advantage of being in the company of great teachers.

Nothing new here,

except my marrying,

which to me is a matter of profound wonder.

You can't build a reputation on

what you are going to do

Wine is sunlight,

held together by water.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

You can build your own things

that other people can use.

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

Many people resented my impatience and honesty,

but I never cared about acceptance as much as

I cared about respect.

I am a woman in process.

I'm just trying like everybody else.

I try to take every conflict,

every experience,

and learn from it.

Life is never dull.

Leisure is the mother of philosophy.

Freedom consists not in doing what we like,

but in having the right to do what we ought.

Why was the amendment,

expressly declaring the right of the people to exclude slavery,

voted down?

Plainly enough now,

the adoption of it would have spoiled the niche

for the Dred Scott decision.

There are times when one would like to hang

the whole human race, and finish the farce.

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

Many decisions are reversible,

two way doors.

We should take care not to make the intellect our goal;

it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.

The attempt to combine wisdom and power

has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.

I like treating things as if they’re small.

Peace comes from within.

Do not seek it without.