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May Quotes - Page 10

Oh Lord, may I be directed what to do and what to leave undone.

Elizabeth Gurney Fry, Katharine Fry, Rachel Elizabeth Cresswell (1847). “Memoir of the Life of Elizabeth Fry: With Extracts from Her Letters and Journal”, p.307

God may be in the details, but the goddess is in the questions. Once we begin to ask them, there's no turning back.

Gloria Steinem (1995). “Moving Beyond Words: Age, Rage, Sex, Power, Money, Muscles: Breaking Boundaries of Gender”, p.270, Simon and Schuster

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

Edmund Burke (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Edmund Burke (Illustrated)”, p.3780, Delphi Classics

Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal itself in its immensity.

Honore de Balzac (2011). “Letters of Two Brides”, p.109, The Floating Press

There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control.

"Sisters in Crime: The Rise of the New Female Criminal". Book by Freda Adler and Herbert M. Adler, 1975.

Do not think of yourself as a small, compressed, suffering thing. Think of yourself as graceful and expanding, no matter how unlikely it may seem at the time.

B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.40, Rodale