A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.

Morality is the basis of things, and that truth is the substance of all morality.

A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.

A reformer cannot afford to have close intimacy with him whom he seeks to reform.

Thou must be true thyself, If thou the truth wouldst teach; Thy soul must overflow, if thou Another's soul would'st reach! It needs the overflow of heart To gi…

'I'd rather do what I love and get tomatoes thrown at me, than get up there, be fake, and get applause. I've got to be me'

My convictions, positive and negative, on all the matters of which you speak, are of long and slow growth and are firmly rooted. But the great blow which fell …