“ You can take no credit for beauty at sixteen. But if you are beautiful at sixty, it will be your soul's own doing. Marie Stopes Author
“ if the world is not safe for babies you are never going to get a democracy worth having. Marie Stopes Author
“ A modern and humane civilization must control conception or sink into barbaric cruelty to individuals. Marie Stopes Author
“ People who know the truth have no business to allow the powers of darkness to silence them on any point that matters. Marie Stopes Author
“ Ideally, nothing should be embraced by a consumer firmly, nothing should command a commitment till death do us part, no needs should be seen as fully satisfied, no desires considered ultimate. There ought to be a proviso 'until further notice' attached to any oath of loyalty and any commitment. It is but the volatility, the in-built temporality of all engagements that truly counts; it counts more than the commitment itself, which is anyway not allowed to outlast the time necessary for consuming the object of desire (or, rather, the time sufficient for the desirability of that object to wane). Zygmunt Bauman Sociologist
“ I'm a free man now, except I cannot leave China. You know, I have no desire to travel. I have so many things to do; I cannot finish them now. Ai Weiwei Contemporary Artist
“ Our desires cannot be, and were never meant to be, satisfied by earthly pleasures alone. Alister E. Mcgrath Theologian
“ The likeness of Your Church, O Lord, is that woman who went behind and touched the hem of Your garment, saying within herself: 'If I do but touch His garment I shall be whole' (Mt. 9:21). So the Church confesses her wounds, but desires to be healed. Ambrose Saint