True love ennobles and dignifies the material labors of life; and homely services rendered for love's sake have in them a poetry that is immortal.

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.

Be kind to be awesome.

But is it just then that the few and the wealthy should be the rulers? And what if they, in like manner, rob and plunder the people, - is this just?

Quran says do not abuse others' gods, they will abuse Allah. But most people do not believe in this... they feel their way is the only right one. This is to maintain religious hegemony.

There was a time when Patience ceased to be a virtue. It was long ago.

King Kofi Kingston. The initials are horrible but the name sounds great.

Boredom is not black licorice, Snicket," she said. "There's no reason to share it with me.

A friend is one who says, I've time, when others have to rush.

I'm not a mean player. You'll notice I never pick on a player who has a number above 30.

All that peace, man, if felt so good it hurt. I want to hurt it back.

We know specific genes are turned on in specific cells, but we don't know to what extent this happens.