Religious men are and must be heretics now- for we must not pray, except in a "form" of words, made beforehand- or think of God but with a prearranged idea.

To understand God's thoughts, one must study statistics, for these are the measure of His purpose.

I stand at the altar of murdered men, and, while I live, I fight their cause.

No man, not even a doctor, ever gives any other definition of what a nurse should be than this-'devoted and obedient.' This definition would do just as well for a porter. It might even do for a horse. It would not do for a policeman.

Christ, if he had been a woman, might have been nothing but a great complainer

Women never have a half-hour in all their lives (excepting before or after anybody is up in the house) that they can call their own, without fear of offending or of hurting someone. Why do people sit up so late, or, more rarely, get up so early? Not because the day is not long enough, but because they have 'no time in the day to themselves.' 1852

She said the object and color in the materials around us actually have a physical effect on us, on how we feel.