Courage, then, for the end draws near! A few more years of persistent, faithful work and the women of the United States will be recognized as the legal equals of men.

Above the titles of wife and mother, which, although dear, are transitory and accidental, there is the title human being, which precedes and out-ranks every other.

Philanthropy is one of the most hopeful characteristics of our time.

For humanity has moved forward to an era when wrong and slavery are being displaced, and reason and justice are being recognized as the rule of life.

Each opportunity to interrupt the onslaught of thoughts and return to the object of meditation is, in fact, a moment of enlightenment

The world tells us to be mean and bitter to survive. But I believe kindness is the very thing that makes us thrive.

Well, it's not easy to find something that you do not know exists.

It is as necessary for man to live in beauty rather than ugliness as it is necessary for him to have food for an aching belly or rest for a weary body.

Woman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy.

All experience is great providing you live through it. If it kills you, you've gone too far.

As long as there is no control of population, the population explosion will make it so easy for politicians to dominate.

It's art. It's commerce. It's heartbreaking and it's fun. It's a great way to live.

Silence is a figure of speech, unanswerable, short, cold, but terribly severe.

Perfect purity is possible if you turn your life into a line of poetry written with a splash of blood.