While studying a bit about Shakti, I ran across this gem:
Woman is the creator of the universe the universe is her form; woman is the foundation of the world, she is the true form of the body. In woman is the form of all things, of all that lives and moves in the world. There is no jewel rarer than woman, no condition superior to that of a woman.
-Shaktisangama Tantra
Though I’m not religious in any form (and lord knows, I can’t keep up with Hindu deities) Lakshmi is particularly close to my heart.