Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"Every human being has the power to change history."

"We are not the same persons this year as last, nor are those we love."

"Take courage and work on, whether or not you see a glimmer ahead."

"The beautiful spirit of love flows through all of creation."

"Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people."

"I have tried to live my life as if I were another person."

"True love means finding one person you want to annoy the rest of your life."

"Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense."

"Nature is always working on the problems that trouble us."

"Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends."

"The truest light is often found in the darkest places."

"Your alone is a powerful place to be."

"The less said about my vulgarity, the better."

"Vanity is the nest in which all the other sins are hatched."

"Grief is the price we pay for love."

"Let the poets speak, because they see what others do not."

"Adventure is worthwhile in itself; it need not be justified by treasure."

"Imagination is the beginning of creation."

"History is a dramatic pursuit of truths that were suppressed."

"The only power that will never grow old is truth."

"To love is to be vulnerable. Without that, there is no real love."

"We do not learn by inference and deduction only, but by direct intuition."

"Whatever gifts I may have are simply because God created me."

"The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone."

"Creativity is intelligence having fun."

"There is no firmament to the universe save thought."

"The essence of thought is silence."

"If I leave all for love, I must not repent."

"War is a word that no man has a right to use unless he prepares to shed his blood."

"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without."