I know of no inquiry which the impulses of man suggests that is forbidden to the resolution of man to pursue.

Every fact is impure, but every fact contains in it the juices of life. Every fact is a clod, from which may grow an amaranth or a palm.

It should be remarked that, as the principle of liberty is better understood, and more nobly interpreted, a broader protest is made in behalf of women. As men become aware that few have had a fair chance, they are inclined to say that no women have had a fair chance.

The character and history of each child may be a new and poetic experience to the parent, if he will let it.

Whatever the soul knows how to seek, it cannot fail to obtain.

All greatness affects different minds, each in its own particular kind, and the variations of testimony mark the truth of feeling.

What concerns me now is that my life be a beautiful, powerful, in a word, a complete life of its kind.