My one aim and concentrated purpose shall be and is to show that women can learn, can reason, can compete with men in the grand fields of literature and science . . .

The man's world must become a man's and a woman's world. Why are we afraid?

It is the next step forward on the path to the sunrise, and the sun is rising over a new heaven and a new earth.

. . . a woman can be a woman and a true one without having all her time engrossed by dress and society.

One man's mind differs from another man's mind far more widely than all women's minds differ from all men.

One thing I am determined on is that by the time I die my brain shall weigh as much as a man's if study and learning can make it so.

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

... the Iroquois take dreams very seriously. They see them as the secret wishes of the soul--the heart's desire, so to speak. Not all dreams, maybe, but the important ones. [p.254]

Noble self-restraint must have something to restrain.

Envy is the slow poison that finally slaughters peace.

The large venue gives me the thrill that comes from the power in numbers.

It is the duty of mankind on all suitable occasions to acknowledge their dependence on the Divine Being.

I firmly believe that you can't get a good movie without risking a bad movie.

You look rather rash my dear your colors don't quite match your face.

The tail of the comet slashed the dawn and in the red light of the rising sun, for a brief instant, it seemed as if the comet was bleeding across the sky.

All animals, including humans, have a right to lives of dignity and respect, without forced intrusions.