Catherine the Great

Happiness and unhappiness are in the heart and spirit of each one of us: If you feel unhappy, then place yourself above that and act so that your happiness does not get to be dependent on anything.

All this is only for the mice and myself to admire!

“You should know our mania for building is stronger than ever. It is a diabolical thing. It consumes money and the more you build, the more you want to build. It’s a sickness like being addicted to alcohol.

For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied – whenever feeling has anything to do in the matter, no sooner is it excited than we have already gone vastly farther than we are aware of.

I sincerely want peace, not because I lack resources for war, but because I hate bloodshed.

In my position you have to read when you want to write and to talk when you would like to read.

Suppression of progress plays into the hands of the social enemy. Every advance in social justice establishes the nation.

You deserve to give yourself the same love that you give to everyone else.

When people believe in boundaries, they become part of them.

You have to know how to defend yourself.

I have some wonderful friends from the Mideast that are as red, white and blue as anybody you know, that have been harassed, and I think it’s a terrible, terrible thing.

When I was practicing psychology, I used to tell myself if I ever get to where I’m just doing this for the money or I’m just going through the motions, I’ll quit.

If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.

When I dare to be powerful – to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.

He who seeks revenge should remember to dig two graves

A new breeze is blowing, and a world refreshed by freedom seems reborn; for in man’s heart, if not in fact, the day of the dictator is over. The totalitarian era is passing, its old ideas blown away like leaves from an ancient, lifeless tree.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find how far one can go.

I cannot discover that anyone knows enough to say what is and what is definitely not possible.

The most closely organized groups and movements in the world are those which have been the least friendly to the people’s progress and liberty.

Trouble with the world today is people don’t go to children enough. I don’t like old people. I stay away from them.