Harriet Beecher Stowe

"I am angry not at God, but at man, for shutting the gates of heaven against the poor."

"Never give up. It is the easiest cop-out in the world to just give up. It is far easier to give up than to work."

"When you are angry, count to four; when you are very angry, swear."

"The greatest danger to our nation is not foreign invasion but internal decay - the decay of the human spirit."

"The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone."

"Who can measure the love which a good woman bears toward the object of her choice?"

"The Christian's guide is the Bible, but the Christian's life is the best book that unbelievers read."

"We can do noble deeds if we do not stop to think about them."

"Whip the cream. It is well on cream pie. Life is short. Eat dessert first."

"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends."

"The question is not whether slavery is wrong, but whether we have the courage to act on our convictions."

"In any conflict between power and patience, patience will ultimately prevail."

"I am the Lord's, and he can do with me as he pleases."

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."

"Women are the real architects of society."

"It is impossible to mentally or socially enslave a Bible-reading people."

"Common sense is as rare as genius."

"All that is beautiful fades like the flowers of spring."

"Grief is the price we pay for love."

"The key to every woman's heart is an unexpected gift."

"I long for the day when we shall all be brothers and sisters together."

"Woe to the man who does not know when to stop talking."

"The eyes are the mirror of the soul; they speak what the lips dare not utter."

"Men are not the measure of all things."

"Nothing can make you more humble than sorrow, yet nothing can make you stronger."

"The human heart is the first Bible."

"When half of the people have half the wealth and power in society, then that society is truly unjust."

"Slavery is not merely a political institution, but a moral one."

"The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved for ourselves."

"Do you love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of."