“The likeness we bear to Jesus is more essential than our notions of him.”

I grew up so thoroughly imbued with women’s rights that it was the most important question of my life from a very early day.

Truth for authority, not authority for truth.

Women’s property has been taxed, equally with that of men’s, to sustain colleges endowed by the states; but they have not been permitted to enter those high seminaries of learning.

the Law has made the man and wife one person, and that one person the husband!

Weep not for me. Rather let your tears flow for the sorrows of the multitude. My work is done. Like a ripe fruit I admit the gathering. Death has no terrors for it is a wise law of nature. I am ready whenever the summons may come.

Any great change must expect opposition, because it shakes the very foundation of privilege.

In the marriage union, the independence of the husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal.

It is not Christianity, but priestcraft that has subjected woman as we find her.

I long for the day my sisters will rise, and occupy the sphere to which they are called by their high nature and destiny.

Let our lives be in accordiance with our convictions of right, each striving to carry out our principles

If our principles are right, why should we be cowards?

I have no idea of submitting tamely to injustice inflicted either on me or on the slave. I will oppose it with all the moral powers with which I am endowed. I am no advocate of passivity.

The legal theory is, that marriage makes the husband and wife one person, and that person is the husband.

We too often bind ourselves by authorities rather than by the truth.

I resolved to claim for my sex all that an impartial Creator had bestowed, which, by custom and a perverted application of the Scriptures, had been wrested from woman.

A child, like all other human beings, has inalienable rights.

keep filling your cup of self-love. It’s very essential to feel peace when you close your eyes.

Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.

Democracy in India is only a top-dressing on an Indian soil which is essentially undemocratic.

Feeling good about ourselves is essential in our being able to love others.

It is essential to resist the depiction of history as the work of heroic individuals.

There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer.

Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.

Self-education is an essential part of any anti-racist journey, and reading has always been a huge part of my personal learning.