"And I refused to make any sacrifices;..." - Quote by George Sand

“I regard as a mortal sin not only the lying of the senses in matters of love, but also the illusion which the senses seek to create where love is only partial. I say, I believe, that one must love with all of one's being, or else live, come what may, a life of complete chastity.”

“Charity degrades those who receive it and hardens those who dispense it.”

“The smoke of glory is not worth the smoke of a pipe.”

“Savage is he who saves himself.”

“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests.”

“Pleasure that is its own pursuit is always bad pleasure.”

“I am a human being, not a human doing. Don't equate your self-worth with how well you do things in life. You aren't what you do. If you are what you do, then when you don't . . , you aren't.”

“Never settle for the crumbs of life.”

“We have to overcome our societal conditioning which says we are unworthy.”