Quotes of the day, January 16

Persistently leavening public opinion, in a grossly superstitious age, with the theological doctrine of popular preachers, that woman is a sex of superior wickedness and inferior mentality, could have but one general result throughout Christendom.

Ellen Battelle Dietrick

• Age
• Opinion
• Atheism

You should be a pleasing personality. Instead of thinking about how you should be pleased, I don't like this, I don't do like that, instead of, what have I done to please others?

Nirmala Srivastava

• Love
• Wisdom
• Yoga

His glory Jesus Christ does not consist in beingplaced without the confines of history; a more real worship is paid to him, by showing that the whole of history is incomprehensible without him.

Ernest Renan

• Education
• Christ
• Glory

Come, eate thy fill of this thy God's white loaf. It's food too fine for Angels, yet come, take and eate thy fill. It's Heaven's Sugar Cake.

Edward Taylor

• Gods
• Angels
• Cake

We need each other's ideas. Now, I'm not talking about racist ideas or misogynistic ideas or cruel or criminal ideas. I'm talking about most of us who have very varied experiences, needs and ideas. It's really about believing that it's an important part of healing America.

Elizabeth Lesser

• America
• Ideas
• Healing

Women have to take more control of their careers. They can't just wait to be cast in a film.

Richard LaGravenese

• Waiting
• Careers