"When my babe was born, they said it was premature. It weighed only four pounds; but God let it live."

"Always it gave me a pang that my children had no lawful claim to a name."

"The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also."

"There is a great difference between Christianity and religion at the south. If a man goes to the communion table, and pays money into the treasury of the church, no matter if it be the price of blood, he is called religious."

"What we think of as our sensitivity is only the higher evolution of terror in a poor dumb beast. We suffer for nothing. Our own death wish is our only real tragedy."

"There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbours will say."

"It is a radiant truth that fear will knock at every door; only those with resolved hearts refuse to let it enter."

"We must have our say, not through violence, aggression or fear. We must speak out calmly and forcefully. We shall only be able to enter the new world era if we agree to engage in dialogue with the other side."