We have prayed, we have coaxed, we have begged, for the vote, with the hope that men, out of chivalry, would bestow equal rights upon women and take them into partnership in the affairs of the state. We hoped that their common sense would triumph over prejudices and stupidity. We thought their boasted sense of justice would overcome the errors that so often fetter the human spirit; but we have always gone away empty handed. We shall beg no more.

I do not like the world as it is; so I am trying to make it a little more as I want it.

This great republic is a mockery of freedom as long as you are doomed to dig and sweat to earn a miserable living while the masters enjoy the fruit of your toil.

A simple, childlike faith in a Divine Friend solves all the problems that come to us by land or sea

What really counts in life is the quiet meeting of every difficulty with the determination to get out of it all the good there is.

While the right friends are near us, we feel that all is well. Our everyday life blossoms suddenly into bright possibilities.

Even if you have a problem, you don't need to be one.