18 quotes
American abolitionist and author (1811–1896)
“I would not attack the faith of a heathen without being sure I had a better one to put in its place.”
"Human nature is above all things lazy."
on Philosophy
"Still waters run deepest, they used to tell me."
on Wisdom
"...the heart has no tears to give,--it drops only blood, bleeding itself away in silence."
on Love
"In the midst of life we are in death,'" said Miss Ophelia."
on Death
"The Lord gives a good many things twice over, but he don't give ye a mother but once."
on Family
"The truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end."
on Truth
"The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today."
on Time
"Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good."
on Compassion
"Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn."
on Resilience
"Governments derive their just power from the consent of the governed"
on Government
"The past the present and the future are really one: they are today."
"Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse!"
"Treat 'em like dogs, and you'll have dogs' works and dogs' actions. Treat 'em like men, and you'll have men's works."
"The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone."
on Life
"For, so inconsistent is human nature, especially in the ideal, that not to undertake a thing at all seems better than to undertake and come short."
on Ethics
"Every nation that carries in its bosom great and unredressed injustice has in it the elements of this last convulsion."
on Justice
"The longest way must have its close - the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning."
