The progression of emancipation of any class usually, if not always, takes place through the efforts of individuals of that class.

Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare.

Women, like men, must be educated with a view to action, or their studies cannot be called education.

I certainly had no idea how little faith Christians have in their own faith till I saw how ill their courage and temper can stand any attack on it.

Marriage ... is still the imperfect institution it must remain while women continue to be ill-educated, passive, and subservient.

You had better live your best and act your best and think your best today; for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow.

The imagination, once awakened, must and will work, and ought to work

My own feeling of concern arises from seeing how much moral injury and suffering is created by the superstitions of the Christian mythology.

It is hard to tell which is worse; the wide diffusion of things that are not true, or the suppression of things that are true.

it matters infinitely less what we do than what we are.

I saw no poor men, except a few intemperate ones. I saw some very poor women; but God and man know that the time has not come for women to make their injuries even heard of.

Rare indeed is the seed who can bury its nightmares & still stem & blossom into its wildest dreams.

Awareness brings its sacred wonders.

Believing in the sovereignty of God injects courage in the act of desire.

Investment in infrastructure is a long term requirement for growth and a long term factor that will make growth sustainable.

The way I see it, if you're going to make an action movie, you've got to make one with John Woo.

I was never someone who had a lot of confidence in anything that had to do with using your brain. I really was lost in my life after football.

I'm not invited to any exciting parties and my life hasn't really changed.

Nothing was easier to shatter than the fragile shield of an idealist.

Taking it all in all, I find it is more trouble to watch after money than to get it.

What is this universe but name and form?