“The inscrutable wisdom through which we exist is not less worthy of veneration in respect to what it denies us than in respect to what it has granted.”

“Which was what love was: unmotivated respect.”

“Freedom is not an abstraction, nor is a little of it enough. A little more of it is not enough either. Having less, being less, impoverished in freedom and rights, women then inevitably have less self-respect: less self-respect than men have and less self-respect than any human being needs to live a brave and honest life. Intercourse as domination battens of that awful absence of self respect.”

“Respect is what we owe; love what we give.”

“Existence would be a quite impracticable enterprise if we stopped granting importance to what has none.”

“Respect was mingled with surprise,
And the stern joy which warriors feel
In foeman worthy of their steel.”

“True wisdom consists in respecting the simple things we do”

“We need to reject any politics that targets people because of race or religion. This isn’t a matter of political correctness. It’s a matter of understanding what makes us strong. The world respects us not just for our arsenal; it respects us for our diversity and our openness and the way we respect every faith.”

“To be capable of respect is, in these days, almost as rare as to be worthy of it.”

“Upstart greatness is everywhere less respected than ancient greatness.”