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And a'n't, I a woman? I have borne thirteen chilern, and seen 'em mos' all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me! And a'n't I a woman?
— Sojourner Truth
Now the end of life puts the longest life on a par with the shortest. For of two things which have alike ceased to be, the one is not better, the other worse—the one greater, the other less.
— St. Augustine
An unjust law is no law at all.
— St. Augustine
For if a thing is not diminished by being shared with others, it is not rightly owned if it is only owned and not shared.
— St. Augustine
Men think it lacking in humility and suppose that it is trying to teach those from whom it should learn, especially if the person in question is a woman.
— Teresa of Avila
I understood that every flower created by Him is beautiful, that the brilliance of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not lessen the perfume of the violet or the sweet simplicity of the daisy. I understood that if all the lowly flowers wished to be roses, nature would no longer be enameled with lovely hues. And so it is in the world of souls, Our Lord's living garden.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
I understood that every flower created by Him is beautiful, that the brilliance of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not lessen the perfume of the violet or the sweet simplicity of the daisy. I understood that if all the lowly flowers wished to be roses, Nature would lose her springtide beauty, and the fields would no longer be enameled with lovely hues. It is the same in the world of souls, Our Lord's living garden
— St. Therese of Lisieux
The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of its scent or the daisy of its simple charm.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of its scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
The truth is, in order to get things like universal health care and a revamped education system, then someone is going to have to give up a piece of their pie so that someone else can have more.
— Michelle Obama
Justice is the handmaiden of truth, and when truth dies, justice is buried with it.
— Ravi Zacharias
To see the universal and all-pervading Spirit of Truth face to face, one must be able to love the meanest of all creation as oneself.
— Mahatma Gandhi