With all her masculine vigour and glory, Greece fell, gradually atrophied, because one half of her had been, of set purpose, intellectually and politically paralyzed.

... it is as true in morals as in physics that all force is imperishable; therefore the consequences of a human action never cease.

We hope the day will soon come when every girl will be a member of a great Union of Unmarried Women, pledged to refuse an offer ofmarriage from any man who is not an advocate of their emancipation.

... the absolute freedom of woman will be the dawn of the day of man's regeneration. In raising her he will elevate himself.

... men of highest genius have been too frequently of extremely shaky morals.

The revolt against any oppression usually goes to an opposite extreme for a time; and that is right and necessary.

... no community where more than one-half of the adults are disfranchised and otherwise incapacitated by law and custom, can be free from great vices. Purity is inconsistent with slavery.

Criminality should be exterminated by disabling all notorious and irreclaimable criminals.

One of the main keys to understanding the purpose of your life

War is the province of chance. In no sphere of human activity is such a margin to be left for this intruder. It increases the uncertainty of every circumstance, and deranges the course of events.

Common sense is almost as omniscient as God.

And I dream that something's coming And it's not just in the wind It's more than just tomorrow It's more than where we've been It offers me a promise It's telling me, begin!

He was unheeded, happy, and near to the wild heart of life

But there is only one thing which gathers people into seditious commotion, and that is oppression

How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice. How do you get away from it? Improvise.

Sometimes, when everyone else is waiting for someone else to take the first step, you need to be the one to drive the change.

I thought I wanted the truth, but I don't. The past is the past and it can't be changed. It's the future I'm interested in." -Gabriel McGregor

A man who has humility will have acquired in the last reaches of his beliefs the saving doubt of his own certainty.