Fanaticism is governed by imagination rather than judgment.

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.

What are we after all our dreams, after all our memories?

A society that has no wrongs will soon have no rights.

We may know who we are or we may not. We may be Muslims, Jews or Christians but until our hearts become the mould for every heart we will see only our differences.

A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly

In speaking, for convenience, of devices and expedients, I did not intend to imply that Shakespeare always deliberately aimed at the effects which he produced.

What is light without dark? Right without left? What is goodness without the option to be evil?

Christianity has always had sort of an ability to absorb the developments in science. But, it's always done it very slowly.

Listen, the obvious thing to remember is without dark, there is no light, and without light, there is no dark.

Change happens not just by giving the mind new arguments but also by feeding the imagination new beauties

It's so much easier when you've got guys on base and the whole offense is clicking.