Quotes from Julia Ward Howe

I take refuge in my books.

Every newly discovered truth judges the world, separates the good from the evil, and calls on faithful souls to make sure of their election.

Marriage, like death, is a debt we owe to nature.

In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me;As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free.

While your life is the true expression of your faith, whom can you fear?

Theology in general seems to me a substitution of human ingenuity for divine wisdom.

When I see the elaborate study and ingenuity displayed by women in the pursuit of trifles, I feel no doubt of their capacity for the most herculean undertakings.

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible, swift sword;His truth is marching on.

I know not why there is such a melancholy feeling attached to the remembrance of past happiness, except that we fear that the future can have nothing so bright as the past.

Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn all that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience.

Disarm, disarm. The sword of murder is not the balance of justice. Blood does not wipe out dishonour, nor violence indicate possession.

Any religion which sacrifices women to the brutality of men is no religion.

Why do not the mothers of mankind interfere in these matters, to prevent the waste of that human life of which they alone bear and know the cost?

The ideal aim of life is] to learn, to teach, to serve, to enjoy!

I think nothing is religion which puts one individual absolutely above others, and surely nothing is religion which puts one sex above another.

Many a woman will pass for elegant in a ballroom, or even at a court drawing room, whose want of true breeding would become evident in a chosen company.

Mine eyes have seen the coming of the glory of the Lord.

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: / He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored.

All the sugar was in the bottom of the cup.

The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness.

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored: He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword: His truth is marching on.

Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn all that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience.

Every fallen woman represents a man as guilty as herself, who escapes human detection, but whose soul lies open before God.

Massachusetts women as a rule adhere too strongly to old-time conventions.