My vocation to preach on paper.

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.

There is nothing healthier for a man than to walk on his own two legs

Perseverance is not a long race it is many short races one after the other.

The world will ask you who you are, and if you don't know, the world will tell you.

I was told by a physician to avoid any line of work where people need to, um, depend on me for anything.

The spiritual leader will choose the hidden path of sacrificial service and approval of the Lord over the flamboyant self-advertising of the world.

When I was in high school, I earned the pimple award and every other gross-out award.

Words easy to be understood do often hit the mark, when high and learned ones do only pierce the air.

My mom was a great cook and great baker all her life.

I probably watch movies more than I actually listen to music, I think.

We are not altogether here to tolerate. We are here to resist, to control and vanquish withal.