Half the misery in the world comes of want of courage to speak and to hear the truth plainly and in a spirit of love..

When winds are raging o'er the upper ocean And billows wild contend with angry roar, 'Tis said, far down beneath the wild commotion That peaceful sti….

Friends are discovered rather than made; there are people who are in their own nature friends, only they don't know each other; but certain things, l….

It is no merit in the sorrowful that they weep, or to the oppressed and smothering that they gasp and struggle, not to me, that I must speak for the ….

A little reflection will enable any person to detect in himself that setness in trifles which is the result of the unwatched instinct of self-will an….

There are in this world two kinds of natures, - those that have wings, and those that have feet, - the winged and the walking spirits. The walking ar….

Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse!.

Praise is sunshine; it warms, it inspires, it promotes growth; blame and rebuke are rain and hail; they beat down and bedraggle, even though they may….

Human nature is above all things lazy..

One part of the science of living is to learn just what our own responsibility is, and to let other people's alone..

Death! Strange that there should be such a word, and such a thing, and we ever forget it; that one should be living, warm and beautiful, full of hope….

Self respect is impossible without liberty..

We should remember in our dealings with animals that they are a sacred trust to us from our Heavenly Father. They are dumb and cannot speak for thems….

Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good..

there is no independence and pertinacity of opinion like that of these seemingly soft, quiet creatures, whom it is so easy to silence, and so difficu….

I b'lieve in religion, and one of these days, when I've got matters tight and snug, I calculates to tend to my soul..

Sensitive people never like the fatigue of justifying their instincts..

One of the greatest reforms that could be, in these reforming days ... would be to have women architects. The mischief with the houses built to rent ….

It takes years and maturity to make the discovery that the power of faith is nobler than the power of doubt; and that there is a celestial wisdom in ….

In the gates of eternity the black hand and the white hand hold each other with equal clasp..

For how imperiously, how coolly, in disregard of all one’s feelings, does the hard, cold, uninteresting course of daily realities move on! Still we m….