“All the men of the Old Testament were polygamists, and Christ and Paul, the central figures of the New Testament, were celibates, and condemned marriage by both precept and example.”

Love is the vital essence that pervades and permeates, from the center to the circumference, the graduating circles of all thought and action. Love is the talisman of human weal and woe -the open sesame to every soul.

I decline to accept Hebrew mythology as a guide to twentieth-century science.

I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.

When we consider that women are treated as property it is degrading to women that we should treat our children as property to be disposed of as we see fit.

You who have read the history of nations, from Moses down to our last election, where have you ever seen one class looking after the interests of another?

Our ‘pathway’ is straight to the ballot box, with no variableness nor shadow of turning.

With age come the inner, the higher life. Who would be forever young, to dwell always in externals?

Progress is the victory of a new thought over old superstitions.

Heavenly Father and Mother, make us thankful for all the blessings of this life, and make us ever mindful of the patient hands that oft in weariness spread our tables and prepare our daily food. For humanity’s sake, Amen.

Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.

While women were tortured, drowned and burned by the thousands, scarce one wizard to a hundred was ever condemned … The same distinction of sex appears in our own day. One code of morals for men, another for women.

The first step in the elevation of women under all systems of religion is to convince them that the great Spirit of the Universe is in no way responsible for any of these absurdities.

Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving.

The best protection any woman can have… is courage.

Human beings lose their logic in their vindictiveness.

It is the inalienable right of all to be happy.

I don’t care if you’re black, white, straight, bisexual, gay, lesbian, short, tall, fat, skinny, rich or poor. If you’re nice to me, I’ll be nice to you. Simple as that.

Don’t let them tell you ain’t beautiful.

When you catch a glimpse of your potential, that’s when passion is born.

Either push your limits or die.

I live to suceed, not to please you or anyone else.

Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.

It’s weird not to be weird.

The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept.