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“It will not do to say that it is out of woman's sphere to assist in making laws, for if that were so, then it should be also out of her sphere to submit to them.”
Source : Amelia Jenks Bloomer (1994). “Hear Me Patiently: The Reform Speeches of Amelia Jenks Bloomer”, Praeger Pub Text
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“I am persuaded that this method [for calculating the volume of a sphere] will be of no little service to mathematics. For I foresee that once it is understood and established, it will be used to discover other theorems which have not yet occurred to me, by other mathematicians, now living or yet unborn.”
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“In the moral sphere, every act of justice or charity involves putting ourselves in the other person's place and thus transcending our own competitive particularity.”
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“When negotiations are at an impasse, when States dig their heels in, it is time to 'undig' them in a spirit of compromise. We all need to unlearn the predator in us, unlearn discrimination, unlearn privilege.”
Source : "From New York to World’s Conflict Zones, UN Marks International Day of Peace". news.un.org. September 21, 2012. 
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“Good food is a right, not a privilege. It brings children into a positive relationship with their health, community and environment.”
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“Being a role model is a privilege.”
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“A well begun is half ended.”
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“Order, thou eye of action.”
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“How often it is that a small action becomes great by its intention. And how often it is that a great action becomes small by its intention.”
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“...guilt leads to righteous action, but rarely is it the right action.”
