I have never known my husband to approve any act of mine which I myself valued.

It is always legitimate to wish to rise above one's self, never above others.

The broken eggshell of a civilization which time has hatched and devoured.

The frozen ocean... of Boston life.

As He died to make men holy, let us live to make men free.

Every life has its actual blanks, which the ideal must fill up, or which else remain bare & profitless forever.

Any religion which will sacrifice a certain set of human beings for the enjoyment or aggrandizement or advantage of another is no religion. It is a thing which may be allowed, but it is against true religion. Any religion which sacrifices women to the brutality of men is no religion.