I want no heaven for which I must give my reason; no happiness in exchange for my liberty, and no immortality that demands the surrender of my individuality.

I think it is better to love your children than to love God, a thousand times better, because you can help them, and I am inclined to think that God can get al…

I will never desert the one I love for the promise of any god.

I tell you the children have the same rights that we have, and we ought to treat them as though they were human beings. They should be reared with love, with k…

I can never consent to being dictated to.

A person in a rented apartment must be able to lean out of his window and scrape off the masonry within arm's reach. And he must be allowed to take a long brus…

The world stands out on either side No wider than the heart is wide; Above the world is stretched the sky, - No higher than the soul is high. The heart can pus…