Harriet Martineau

The true object of all social and political institutions is to promote the greatest happiness of the greatest number.

The most important lesson I have learned is that there is always something new to learn.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

The true measure of a man is not how he behaves in moments of comfort and convenience, but how he stands at times of controversy and challenge.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare.

The sum and substance of female education in America, as in England, is training women to consider marriage as the sole object of life.

Fidelity to conscience is inconsistent with saving your place, but necessary to preserve your self-respect.

The Bible is like the poor; we have it always with us.

Religion is a temper, not a doctrine.

The morbid idea of the U.S. as a paradise for the poor and oppressed has been exploded.

You better live your best and act your best and think your best today, for today is a slippery place.

The slave's owner treats him as property, not as a person.

Women, in their present subjection, are the victims of men's vices.

The progress of the world depends on the spread of knowledge.

I saw that the kingdom must be interior before it can be exterior.

Property is desirable, is a positive good in the world.

The true office of religion is to secure the order and progress of society.

Education is the only interest worthy the ambition of the aspiring.