The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.

There are no bonds so strong as those which are formed by suffering together

The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also.

There are wrongs which even the grave does not bury.

When they told me my new-born babe was a girl, my heart was heavier than it had ever been before. Slavery is terrible for men; but it is far more terrible for women.

Cruelty is contagious in uncivilized communities.

My master had power and law on his side; I had a determined will. There is might in each.

No pen can give an adequate description of the all-pervading corruption produced by slavery.

The degradation, the wrongs, the vices, that grow out of slavery, are more than I can describe. They are greater than you would willingly believe.

Hot weather brings out snakes and slaveholders, and I like one class of the venomous creatures as little as I do the other.

I would rather drudge out my life on a cotton plantation, till the grave opened to give me rest, than to live with an unprincipled master and a jealous mistress.

I am open to receiving help with moving forward toward my dreams and aspirations.

Be brave to share your story! Each of our stories, have a golden treasure for a specific need.

There is an interdependence between those who have and those who have not. The process of giving exalts the poor and humbles the rich. In the process, both are sanctified.

Not a single creature on earth has more or less right to be here.

He that swells in prosperity will be sure to shrink in adversity.

We only hear questions that we are able to answer.

The hunger of the eye is not to be despised; and they are to be pitied who have starvation of the eye.

And I don't think I want to meet this super-reaper." Nash stuffed his hands in his front pockets. "The garden variety's weird enough.

Self-knowledge is no guarantee of happiness, but it is on the side of happiness and can supply the courage to fight for it.

It's very difficult to put in the work unless you believe that what you're doing is significant in some way.