“Modern women like to think we invented the idea of balancing work and family but women have always done it.” ThinkingIdeasDoneWomenModernModern Woman Author:Clare Wright
“We (women) take it for granted that we can do what we want. Not so very long ago, that was not the case.” WantLongWomenCan DoCasesGrantedLong Ago Author:Clare Wright
“An ethic of maternalism was central to the utopianism of 19th century feminists. I don't think that today's women see motherhood as a source of personal power, let alone political power. I don't think that women now have that same sense that their lives as mothers gives them any special power or virtue. I think women see their lives as mothers as an adjunct to their working lives - a fulfilling and important adjunct, to be sure - but something they do in addition to working in the public realm, not because being a wife and mother gives them a distinct edge in improving the world as we know it.” ThinkingKnowsWorldGivingImportantTodayPoliticalMotherWomenVirtueWifeSpecialCenturySourceEthicsEdgesFeministMotherhoodRealmsFulfillingImproving19th CenturyPolitical PowerPersonal PowerWorking LifeWives And Mothers Author:Clare Wright
“If your boss is getting you down, look at him through the prongs of a fork and imagine him in jail.” IfsLooksImagineBossJailNaughtyForks Author:Ricky Gervais
“Once again, we are reminded that awakening, or enlightenment is not the property of Buddhism, any more than Truth is the property of Christianity. Neither the Buddha nor the Christ belongs exclusively to the communities that were founded in their names. They belong to all people of goodwill, all who are attentive to the secret which lives in the depths of their breath and their consciousness.” PeopleNamesChristCommunitySecretConsciousnessChristianityBuddhismTruth IsEnlightenmentBreathsPropertyDepthAwakeningGoodwill Author:Jean Leloup
“The right of election is the very essence of the constitution.” EssenceConstitutionElection Author:Junius
“An 'unintended pregnancy' could be a wonderful surprise, not planned but welcome. Why should the government be in the business of 'preventing' a surprising but welcome pregnancy” ShouldGovernmentWonderfulSurpriseWelcomePregnancySurprisingPreventing Author:Wendy Wright
“I think preparing food and feeding people brings nourishment not only to our bodies but to our spirits. Feeding people is a way of loving them, in the same way that feeding ourselves is a way of honoring our own createdness and fragility.” PeopleThinkingWayBodySpiritFoodCookingPreparingFeedingNourishmentFragilityPreparing Food Author:Shauna Niequist