Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such small beasts.

There is one thing higher than Royalty: and that is religion, which causes us to leave the world, and seek God.

My mortal foe can no ways wish me a greater harm than England's hate; neither should death be less welcome unto me than such a mishap betide me.

God has given such brave soldiers to this Crown that, if they do not frighten our neighbours, at least they prevent us from being frightened by them.

A strength to harm is perilous in the hand of an ambitious head.

I do not so much rejoice that God hath made me to be a Queen, as to be a Queen over so thankful a people.

The past cannot be cured.

I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.

Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested.

Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another.

The demand for equal rights in every vocation of life is just and fair; but, after all, the most vital right is the right to love and be loved.

No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure.

All claims of education notwithstanding, the pupil will accept only that which his mind craves.

To the indefinite, uncertain mind of the American radical the most contradictory ideas and methods are possible. The result is a sad chaos in the radical movement, a sort of intellectual hash, which has neither taste nor character.

When we can't dream any longer we die.

The most violent element in society is ignorance.

The history of progress is written in the blood of men and women who have dared to espouse an unpopular cause, as, for instance, the black man's right to his body, or woman's right to her soul.

The most unpardonable sin in society is independence of thought.

On rare occasions one does hear of a miraculous case of a married couple falling in love after marriage, but on close examination it will be found that it is a mere adjustment to the inevitable.

Morality and its victim, the mother - what a terrible picture! Is there indeed anything more terrible, more criminal, than our glorified sacred function of motherhood?

Women need not always keep their mouths shut and their wombs open.

No real social change has ever been brought about without a revolution... revolution is but thought carried into action.

Politics is the reflex of the business and industrial world.

There is no hope even that woman, with her right to vote, will ever purify politics.

Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.

Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.

Memories are the key not to the past, but to the future.

Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.

Let God's promises shine on your problems.

Discernment is God's call to intercession, never to faultfinding.

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.

When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don't throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer.

It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.

You can't legislate into existence an act of forgiveness and a true confession; those are mysteries of the human heart, and they occur between one individual and another individual, not a panel of judges sitting asking questions, trying to test your truth.

Without white South Africa realizing what it had done - and on the basis of that realization having the courage to ask for forgiveness - there can really be no significant movement.

Theater will never, and never has, gotten audiences like film. But theater goes to work on society in a different and more subversive way.

Nobody can take what I love away from me. I would like to believe that love is the only energy I've ever used as a writer. I've never written out of anger, although anger has informed love.

The power of forgiveness is huge; it is really big, and it can save this world.

It's toughest to forgive ourselves. So it's probably best to start with other people. It's almost like peeling an onion. Layer by layer, forgiving others, you really do get to the point where you can forgive yourself.

I never did quite fit the glamour mode. It is life with my husband and family that is my high now.

The Eleanor Roosevelt Award that I received for women's rights activities is one I treasure.

As forces of hate in this country and worldwide try to pull Muslims and Christians apart, we are in desperate need of a unifying force that can bridge the widening gap of interfaith misunderstanding and mistrust. That force could be the message of love, peace, and forgiveness taught by Jesus and accepted by followers of both faiths.

I wouldn't want to create the impression that I wouldn't like the government of the United States to be Islamic sometime in the future. But I'm not going to do anything violent to promote that. I'm going to do it through education.

I think when you're happy, emotions are right near the top - mine definitely are. I cry easily, I laugh easily, I lose my temper easily... and I beg for forgiveness easily.

I was never totally into marriage, and I wasn't a very good wife.

I'm currently in an interesting correspondence with a nun about forgiveness.

Without forgiveness life is governed by... an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation.

What is forgiveness? An emotion? A coping mechanism? An element of deepest faith? A way for the heart and soul to combat the type of hate, anger, rage and a thirst for revenge that could ultimately consume a person? All of those and more?

Baseball is a movable conversation across nine innings. It is eye contact with the person seated next to you in a park where the pitcher is separated from the batter by 60 feet, six inches or in a family room where a 60-inch TV screen hangs on the wall.

You can have a wedding at Fenway Park.