[On the Adam and Eve story:] They both fell from innocence, and consequently from happiness, but not from equality.

I know nothing of man's rights, or woman's rights; human rights are all that I recognize.

I am persuaded that the rights of woman, like the rights of slaves, need only be examined to be understood and asserted.

whatsoever it is morally right for a man to do, it is morally right for a woman to do.

The virtue of female slaves is wholly at the mercy of irresponsible tyrants, and women are bought and sold in our slave markets, to gratify the brutal lust of those who bear the name of Christians.

The reason why women effect so little and are so shallow is because their aims are low, marriage is the prize for which they strive; if foiled in that they rarely rise above disappointment.

There has been a comparatively greater proportion of good queens, than of good kings.

At sixty I look back on a life of deep disappointments, of withered hopes, of unlooked for suffering, of severe discipline.

[Women] are early taught that to appear to yield is the only way to govern.

There is another way in which the general opinion, that women are inferior to men, is manifested....I allude to the disproportionate value set on the time and labor of men and women.

Quantity in diet is more to be regarded than quality. A full meal is a great enemy both to study and industry.

At 60 miles an hour the loudest noise in this Rolls-Royce comes from the electric clock.

Forgiveness is an absolute necessity for continued human existence.

You do not destroy an idea by killing people, you replace it with a better one.

Schooling is so important.

I don't believe in sampling some Tibetan music just to make it sound groovy, but you do your homework, you understand what you're doing with it.

We choose what attitudes we have right now. And it's a continuing choice.

I always loved those little creatures [hummingbird], always feel blessed when they appear nearby. There's a magical quality to them. I finally put one in a song.

It'll take me a lot longer to read a script if there's no director attached.

Absolutely pay off your credit card debt, because a child can always get a loan to go to school, possibly a scholarship, a grant.