All Harriet Beecher Stowe Quotes
- Nobody had ever instructed him that a slave-ship, with a procession of expectant sharks in its wake, is a missionary institution, by which closely-packed heathen… Brought
- So long as the law considers all these human beings, with beating hearts and living affections, only as so many things belonging to the master… Administration
- Now, if the principle of toleration were once admitted into classical education - if it were admitted that the great object is to read and… Absolutely
- Home is a place not only of strong affections, but of entire unreserve; it is life's undress rehearsal, its backroom, its dressing room. Affection
- I long to put the experience of fifty years at once into your young lives, to give you at once the key of that treasure… Chamber
- All men are free and equal in the grave, if it comes to that. All
- Everyone confesses in the abstract that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us all; but… Abstract
- Many a humble soul will be amazed to find that the seed it sowed in weakness, in the dust of daily life, has blossomed into… Amazed
- 'Who was your mother?' 'Never had none!' said the child, with another grin. 'Never had any mother? What do you mean? Where were you born?'… Any
- Mothers are the most instinctive philosophers. Inspirational
- A woman's health is her capital. Capital
- What makes saintliness in my view, as distinguished from ordinary goodness, is a certain quality of magnanimity and greatness of soul that brings life within… Brings
- Behold! thou hast one more chance! Strive for immortal glory! Behold
- The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity. Cleverness
- To do common things perfectly is far better worth our endeavor than to do uncommon things respectably. Better
- When winds are raging o'er the upper ocean And billows wild contend with angry roar, 'Tis said, far down beneath the wild commotion That peaceful… Angry
- I feel now that the time is come when even a woman or a child who can speak a word for freedom and humanity is… Bound
- I would not attack the faith of a heathen without being sure I had a better one to put in its place. Attack
- Witness, eternal God! Oh, witness that, from this hour, I will do what one man can to drive out this curse of slavery from my… Curse
- A day of grace is yet held out to us. Both North and South have been guilty before God; and the Christian Church has a… Account
- The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today. Future
- Self respect is impossible without liberty.... Impossible
- A little reflection will enable any person to detect in himself that setness in trifles which is the result of the unwatched instinct of self-will… Any
- It lies around us like a cloud- A world we do not see; Yet the sweet closing of an eye May bring us there to… Bring
- I honestly do not know if civil disobedience has any effect on the government. I can promise you it has a great effect on the… Any