Common sense is seeing things as they are; and doing things as they ought to be.

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.

It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.

Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.

The truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end.

No ornament of a house can compare with books; they are constant company in a room, even when you are not reading them.

So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn't somebody wake up to the beauty of old women.

I feel now that the time is come when even a woman or a child who can speak a word for freedom and humanity is bound to speak... I hope every woman who can write will not be silent.

Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse!

The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today.

If a theory of justice is to guide reasoned choice of policies, strategies or institutions, then the identification of fully just social arrangements is neither necessary nor sufficient.

Every dog is entitled to one bite.

I don't ever want to believe my own press clippings, good or bad.

There is a creative solution to every problem. Every possibility holds the promise of abundance.

All I can say is that when I paint, I am looking at things that are in the world.

I guess I thought the strength of my wanting would be enough to make him appear.

Majorities and minorities cannot rightfully be taken at all into account in deciding questions of justice.

I'll continue on the path I've been taking, feet on the ground, describing people's lives, describing people's emotions, writing from the standpoint of the ordinary people.

The heart thinks of everything you can give, and the soul thinks of everything you are.

Fools, your reward is neither here nor there.