Freedom is for the curious ones. Free is the one not influenced by taboos. Free is the one who reasons and evolves continuously, and refuses to accept anything without thinking.

Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been known to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.

From the first she showed a curious sensitivity to what, I suppose, may be called the 'influences' of the place. She said it 'smelled' of ghosts and warlocks.

It is our relation to circumstances that determines their influence over us. The same wind that carries one vessel into port may blow another off shore.

I never liked the influence of others when it came to feelings. I rather went through the painful process of analyzing everything half to death.

Nobody is rewarded for occupying a position, but for becoming effective in the position occupied. If you occupy a position, you must have the weight of influence in order to matter!

I grew up in a family with two very strong women, my mother and my older sister, and they were big influences on my life.

If you examine this, I think that you will find that it's the mechanics of Japanese architecture that have been thought of as the direct influence upon our architecture.

Let your gift of positive influence to be roused and spread like a wildfire from the east to the west and from the south to the north. All nations are waiting for it.

When learning was monopolized by the monks in the Middle Ages, people specialized only in warfare and statecraft. And even these were not altogether free from the scholastic influence.