As in an icicle the agnostic abides alone. The vital principle is taken out of all endeavor for improving himself or bettering hisfellows. All hope in the grand possibilities of life are blasted.

The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class - it is the cause of humankind, the very birthright of humanity.

Let our girls feel that we expect something more of them than that they merely look pretty and appear well in society.

Bullies are always cowards at heart and may be credited with a pretty safe instinct in scenting their prey.

Peace produced by suppression is neither natural nor desirable.

The old, subjective, stagnant, indolent and wretched life for woman has gone. She has as many resources as men, as many activities beckon her on. As large possibilities swell and inspire her heart.

A stream cannot rise higher than its source.

One needs occasionally to stand aside from the hum and rush of human interests and passions to hear the voices of God.

Life must be something more than dilettante speculation.

Teach [our girls] that there is a race with special needs which they and only they can help; that the world needs and is already asking for their trained, efficient forces.

I constantly felt (as I suppose many an ambitious girl has felt) a thumping from within unanswered by any beckoning from without.

James Michael and I played everything on the album, then brought in the guys in my band to add their spirit to it with solos and specific parts.

I do not know what I thought Paris would be like, but it was not that way. It rained nearly every day.

There are few things as seemingly untouched by the real world as a child asleep.

I really believe that happiness comes from things that cannot taken away from you.

As a news person, you can't spend all your time responding to a Comedy Central star. It's not what we do.

Established systems are inherently hostile to change.

Nothing is so unequal as equality.

A great novel is worth one thousand films.

When away from home always be like the kind of man you would care to take into your own home.