Many a humble soul will be amazed to find that the seed it sowed in weakness in the dust of daily life has blossomed into immortal flowers under the eye of the Lord.

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.

Chaos is more freedom; in fact, total freedom. But no meaning.

I think the themes of belonging and parentage and love are obviously universal.

It's much easier when you have your co-workers who are just, they're there in the moment. If you were out of the moment, you would feel odd.

I'd rather promote New York than anything else in this world because New York to me means the world.

It's up to us to save the world for tomorrow: it's up to you and me.

If you would be unloved and forgotten, be reasonable.

Women are the ones that bear the greatest burden. We are also the ones who nurture societies.

...things I had come to find humor in would make your honest man swoon.

We do not say that a man who takes no interest in public affairs is a man who minds his own business. We say he has no business being here at all.

Satan tries to limit your praying because he knows your praying will limit him.