I keep working because I am quite sure that no particle of goodness or truth is ever really lost, however appearances may be to the contrary.

I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances that no woman could expect to be regarded as a lady after she had written a book.

It is right noble to fight with wickedness and wrong; the mistake is in supposing that spiritual evil can be overcome by physical means.

There have always been a large class of thinkers who deny that the world makes any progress. They say we move in a circle; that evils are never conquered, but only change their forms.

But men never violate the laws of God without suffering the consequences, sooner or later.

To everything there is a bright side and a dark side; and I hold it to be unwise, unphilosophic, unkind to others, and unhealthy for one's own soul, to form the habit of looking on the dark side. Cheerfulness is to the spiritual atmosphere what sunshine is to the earthly landscape. I am resolved to cherish cheerfulness with might and main.

a great mind can attend to little things, but a little mind cannot attend to great things.