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Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion.

Charlotte BrontëJane Eyre (Preface)

Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!

Charlotte BrontëJane Eyre

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being, with an independent will.

Charlotte BrontëJane Eyre

Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.

Frederick DouglassNarrative of the Life

I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.

Frederick DouglassAutobiography

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

Frederick DouglassVarious speeches

It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.

Mary WollstonecraftA Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.

Mary WollstonecraftA Vindication of the Rights of Woman

I do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves.

Mary WollstonecraftA Vindication of the Rights of Woman

You are to be proud of your enemy; then the success of your enemy is your success also.

Inazō NitobeBushido: The Soul of Japan

The tripod that supported the framework of Bushido was said to be Chi, Jin, Yu, respectively Wisdom, Benevolence, and Courage.

Inazō NitobeBushido: The Soul of Japan

A truly brave man is ever serene; he is never taken by surprise; nothing ruffles the equanimity of his spirit.

Inazō NitobeBushido: The Soul of Japan

True happiness comes from making others happy.

Kenji MiyazawaGeneral philosophy

We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.

Kenji MiyazawaVarious writings

Be not defeated by the rain, Nor let the wind prove your better. Succumb not to the snows of winter. Nor be bested by the heat of summer.

Kenji MiyazawaAme ni mo makezu (雨ニモマケズ)

With no mind, flowers lure the butterfly; With no mind, the butterfly visits the blossoms. Yet when flowers bloom, the butterfly comes; When the butterfly comes, the flowers bloom.

If someone asks about my abode, I reply: The east edge of the Milky Way. Like a drifting cloud, bound by nothing, I just let go.

My legacy — What will it be? Flowers in spring, The cuckoo in summer, And the crimson maples Of autumn.

A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.

DogenShobogenzo

Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.

DogenShobogenzo

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