I make no manner of doubt that you threw a very diamond of truth at me, though you see it hit me so directly in the face that it wasn't exactly appreciated, at first.

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.

When you cut pieces out of the truth to avoid looking like a fool you end up looking like a moron instead.

Happiness and the absurd are two sons of the same earth. They are inseparable.

Every physical response, every psychological change and every mental transformation starts with the mind.

The miracle centered gospel gives people this mentality that they could have their way without being their best.

Of course, like all film-makers I've been mesmerised by cinema since I was a child.

The estimated 11 or so million undocumented immigrants currently in the United States. This is what Mr. [Donald ] Trump promised back in November.

Biology gives you a brain. Life turns it into a mind.

If you're living with a scientist, you see the world differently than you do with a humanist. It's in some ways very subtle, the differences in perceiving reality.

Our own epoch is determining, day by day, its own style. Our eyes, unhappily, are unable yet to discern it.