Moral Excellence Has No Regard To Classes

Religion Is A Temper, Not A Pursuit. It Is The Moral Atmosphere In Which Human Beings Are To Live And Move. Men Do Not Live To Breathe: They Breathe To Live.

During The Present Interval Between The Feudal Age And The Coming Time, When Life And Its Occupations Will Be Freely Thrown Open To Women As To Men, The Condition Of The Female Working Classes Is Such That If Its Sufferings Were But Made Known, Emotions Of Horror And Shame Would Tremble Through The Whole Of Society.

I Would Not Exchange My Freedom From Old Superstition, If I Were To Be Burned At The Stake Next Month, For All The Peace And Quiet Of Orthodoxy, If I Must Take The Orthodoxy With Peace And Quiet.

I Certainly Had No Idea How Little Faith Christians Have In Their Own Faith Till I Saw How Ill Their Courage And Temper Can Stand Any Attack On It.

[on Being Deaf:] We Can Never Get Beyond The Necessity Of Keeping In Full View The Worst And The Best That Can Be Made Of Our Lot. The Worst Is, Either To Sink Under The Trial, Or To Be Made Callous By It. The Best Is, To Be As Wise As Is Possible Under A Great Disability, And As Happy As Is Possible Under A Great Privation.