Cathedrals do not seem to me to have been built. They seem, rather, stupendous growths of nature, like crystals, or cliffs of basalt.

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.

All religions are beautiful in the story, as you say. It's when they're put into practice that they grow ugly.

Renew your mind by flooding it with inspiring, empowering, educational and edifying thoughts and words.

At every step the child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life the thorns should never be plucked from his roses.

I've never had a stylist, and I've always chosen my own clothes.

Never trust a man in a jumpsuit

An eager pursuit of fortune is inconsistent with a severe devotion to truth. The heart must grow tranquil before the thought can become searching.

Remember me and smile, for it's better to forget than to remember me and cry.

No one will ever touch Elvis

Every time someone dies as a result of floods in Bangladesh, an airline executive should be dragged out of his office and drowned.

The more you do stuff, the better you get at dealing with how you still fail at it a lot of the time.