he who has nothing to lose can afford all risks.

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.

There is an art to writing, and it is not always disclosure. The act itself can be beautiful, revelatory, and private.

My heart was a little bit broken, but I still had to go to school. I buttoned my dress shirt over it and my winter coat, too. I hoped it didn't show too much.

Myths tell us what those like us have done, can do, should do. Without myths to lead the way, we hesitate to leap forward. Listen to the wrong myths, and we might even go back a few steps.

The best time management tool is a clearly defined and definite purpose for your life.

A liking for truth at any cost is a passion that spares nothing and that nothing resists. It's a vice, at times a comfort, or a selfishness.

This crusade is much more important than the anti- lynching movement, because there would be no lynching if it did not start in the schoolroom.

Man is not meant to live alone.

The problem with fantasy is the greatest benefit of fantasy: it prevents us from living in the present moment.

Few things look as unstable as the rock-solid certainties of previous ages.

We should try to be the parents of our future rather than the offspring of our past.