The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity.

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.

I look at this life as a puzzle without all the pieces in the box.

Faith is the fountain of prayer and prayer should be nothing else but faith exercised.

The moments that make life worth living are when things are at their worst and you find a way to laugh.

Fear will give us a reason not to try; hope will give us a reason not to listen.

We try to invest in companies that are putting together environmental programs and working to improve their overall social and environmental self.

Hard times build determination and inner strength. Through them we can also come to appreciate the uselessness of anger.

A cry-wanking scene is the struggle to live, in a single moment.

Passion is the gasoline of social media.

I live a very low-key life.

No one is obliged to be a genius, but everyone is obliged to participate.