“The especial genius of women I believe to be electrical in movement, intuitive in function, spiritual in tendency.” BelieveSpiritualSpiritualityBeliefI BelieveWomenMovementGeniusFunctionIntuitionTendenciesIntuitiveNineteenth CenturyElectrical Book:Woman in the Nineteenth Century Source: Woman in the Nineteenth Century
“For men, it's absolutely essential to stop believing that they're superior to women because that very belief engenders ego, which sets them off-balance. Therefore, they don't realize that they're being manipulated by the second attention of woman because their ego won't permit them.” MenBelieveBeliefWomenRealizingAttentionBalanceEgoEssentialsEnlightenmentSuperiorsPermit Author:Frederick Lenz
“What a man must do is realize that his continued belief in the inferiority of women is going to produce a type of karma that is going to hold him back, and already has.” MenBeliefWomenRealizingProduceTypeEnlightenmentKarmaInferiority Author:Frederick Lenz
“One downside of being an optimist is that optimistic people tend to forget yesterday's trauma in the belief that everything will turn out well. This can keep people in bad relationships because they genuinely believe that things will always improve.” PeopleBelieveWellsTurnsBeliefWomenForgetTraumaYesterdayOptimisticOptimistBad Relationship Author:Amy Dickinson
“We black women must forgive black men for not protecting us against slavery, racism, white men, our confusion, their doubts. And black men must forgive black women for our own sometimes dubious choices, divided loyalties, and lack of belief in their possibilities. Only when our sons and our daughters know that forgiveness is real, existent, and that those who love them practice it, can they form bonds as men and women that really can save and change our community.” KnowsMenRealSometimesFormChoicesBeliefWomenBlackCommunityWhitePracticeDoubtPossibilitySonRacismDaughterMen And WomenSlaveryForgivingLoyaltyConfusionDividedWhite ManBlack WomenOur CommunityOur DaughterDubious Book:Saving Our Sons Source: Saving Our Sons
“[U]nless a woman is held, by man, safe within the bounds of belief, she becomes inevitably a destructive force.” MenBeliefForceWomenSafeBoundsDestructive Book:Studies in Classic American Literature Source: Studies in Classic American Literature
“It's an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of gossip.” IfsBeliefWomenRoomsPiecesDiscussionGossipIndulgenceJuicy Author:Robert A. Heinlein