“Man is the creature of circumstances.”

Women will be no longer made the slaves of, or dependent upon men. They will be equal in education, rights, privileges and personal liberty.

There are good hearts to serve men in palaces as in cottages.

God and the Doctor we alike adore But only when in danger, not before; The danger o’er, both are alike requited, God is forgotten, and the Doctor slighted.

Eight hours daily labour is enough for any human being, and under proper arrangements sufficient to afford an ample supply of food, raiment and shelter, or the necessaries and comforts of life, and for the remainder of his time, every person is entitled to education, recreation and sleep.

The lowest stage of humanity is experienced when the individual must labour for a small pittance of wages from others.

Never argue, repeat your assertion.

To preserve permanent good health, the state of mind must be taken into consideration.

To train and educate the rising generation will at all times be the first object of society, to which every other will be subordinate.

Chastity is sexual intercourse with affection.

Courts of law, and all the paraphernalia and folly of law cannot be found in a rational state of society.

Of course quality is important but is it not the quality of an individual’s originality that is most important?

There is but one mode by which man can possess in perpetuity all the happiness which his nature is capable of enjoying, – that is by the union and co-operation of all for the benefit of each.

My life was not useless; I gave important truths to the world, and it was only for want of understanding that they were disregarded. I have been ahead of my time.

The soul exceeds its circumstances.

To lose a son under those circumstances – a violent death like my son went through, it just puts a burden on your heart.

That is the physics that all fearless types discover at some point – an appropriate ratcheting up of self-belief and energy when facing negative or even impossible circumstances.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Pleasure and pain spring not so much from the nature of things, as from our manner of considering them. Pleasure, especially, is never an invariable effect of particular circumstances.

It is the way we react to circumstances that determines our feelings.

God’s plans for your life far exceed the circumstances of your day.

The peace that Jesus gives is never engineered by circumstances on the outside.