. . . is it to be understood that the principles of the Declaration of Independence bear no relation to half of the human race?

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.

I'm not a hero but I can end the war

Environmental radiation research is the rent I pay for living on this planet.

A writer's work is never done, unless he or she has no readers.

In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.

He who saves you from war is better than he who sends you to war.

Language is a finding place, not a hiding place.

I love horses. I think I may have been one of Henry VIII’s knights in another life, riding through a great forest.

Why is it that reality, when set down untransposed in a book, sounds false?

You can't stop the White Mamba! You can only hope to contain him!

For all you know, the way I act could very well be an act. Or maybe it isn't. I could be the most dangerous, most vicious one of the bunch, because no one takes me seriously!