In the midst of life we are in death, '" said Miss Ophelia.

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

Treat 'em like dogs, and you'll have dogs' works and dogs' actions. Treat 'em like men, and you'll have men's works.

The longest way must have its close - the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning.

Strange, what brings these past things so vividly back to us, sometimes!

For, so inconsistent is human nature, especially in the ideal, that not to undertake a thing at all seems better than to undertake and come short.

...the heart has no tears to give, --it drops only blood, bleeding itself away in silence.

Still waters run deepest, they used to tell me.

Liberty! -- Electric word!

Every nation that carries in its bosom great and unredressed injustice has in it the elements of this last convulsion.

«Couldn't never be nothin' but a nig*er, if I was ever so good, » said Topsy. «If I could be skinned, and come white, I'd try then.»

The quest for enlightenment illustrates the paradox of desire—the fact that you must have desire to be motivated to transcend being ruled by desire.

God wants the simplicity and accessibility of Jesus Christ to be your main quality

I believe that the evidence for telepathy is overwhelming and that it is a part of reality that is above science. Science allows us to glimpse [only] fragments of reality.

Simply follow nature, Rousseau declares. Sade, laughing grimly, agrees.

It is obvious that no difficulty in the way of world government can match the danger of a world without it.

There are still substantial areas of disagreement, .. you simply have to look at the public statements to see there is a significant gap.

It's never too late to get good at something.

When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint - understand what he is trying to do - nine times out of ten he is trying to do right.

I've played in a lot of big matches and you learn from them.

How do you know if a demon is lying? His lips are moving.