Ours is the old, old story of every uprising race or class or order. The work of elevation must be wrought by ourselves or not at all.

My great panacea for making society at once better and more enjoyable would be to cultivate greater sincerity.

Love naturally reverses the idea of obedience, and causes the struggle between any two who truly love each other to be, not who shall command, but who shall yield.

I could discern clearly, even at that early age, the essential difference between people who are kind to dogs and people who really love them.

Morality may exist in an atheist without any religion, and in a theist with a religion quite unspiritual.

The nest may be constructed, so far as the sticks go, by the male bird; but only the hen can line it with moss and down!

[Women's] duty is nothing else than the fulfilment [sic] of the whole moral law, the attainment of every human virtue.

Science is but a mere heap of facts, not a golden chain of truths, if we refuse to link it to the throne of God.

It is a woman, and only a woman, — a woman all by herself, if she likes, and without any man to help her, — who can turn a house into a home.

He who does most to cure woman of her weakness, her frivolity, and her servility will likewise at the same stroke do most to cure man of his brutality, his selfishness and his sensuality.

Pleasures of the mind have this advantage,--they never cloy nor wear themselves out, but increase by employment.

You are the light of love in darkness. I am longing for you, oh my love!

Your blessings are definitely on the way. God hasn't forgotten about you. But while you are waiting to embrace them, continue to stay consistent with your strategic actions.

Feed a squirrel and he'll leave you alone every day.

You can take on the world in a good suit.

...for some of us, one mile can be more to walk than thirty.

If you take the time away, you take the character away.

The difference between a healthy group or organization and an unhealthy one lies in its members' awareness and ability to acknowledge their felt needs to conform.

The police of a state should never be stronger or better armed than the citizenry. An armed citizenry, willing to fight, is the foundation of civil freedom. That's a personal evaluation, of course.

Women always find you out when you lie. Always. No matter what, they always find out. They're like detectives.

Though we march to the music of our time, our mission is timeless.