Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.

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.

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.

Half the misery in the world comes of want of courage to speak and to hear the truth plainly and in a spirit of love.

We must not think of the things we could do with, but only of the things that we can't do without.

Fate does not expect to be fought and will reward those who dare to fight against it.

There is a weird power in a spoken word.

Some of the experiences endured by human beings on this earth are virtually unbelievable.

The things we overcome in life really become our strengths.

You start by writing to live. You end by writing so as not to die.

I'm certainly not ready to go changing the world overnight right now. I'm completely uninformed about a lot of our issues, a lot of the nation's issues, not just Indigenous issues.

Out of routine comes inspiration.

It has been well said that an effective leader must know the meaning and master the technique of the educator.

The search for God means having the courage to set out on a risky path, it means following our restless hearts.