"Twenty-five years old this day. 'Bless the Lord, O my soul,' for all His goodness. Man is immortal till his work is done. Use me in Thy service alone, blessed Saviour."

“You win by working hard, making tough decisions and building coalitions.”

“The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice. If you take your children for a picnic on a doubtful day, they will demand a dogmatic answer as to whether it will be fine or wet, and be disappointed in you when you cannot be sure.”

“You know the sting of losing or not getting something you badly want. When that happens show what you are made of,”

Source : "Why the media were slow on VA scandal; Mariel Hemingway hits O'Keefe on sting". "Media Buzz" with Howard Kurtz, www.foxnews.com. May 25, 2014.

“Effects vary with the conditions which bring them to pass, but laws do not vary. Physiological and pathological states are ruled by the same forces; they differ only because of the special conditions under which the vital laws manifest themselves.”

“If we all said to people's faces what we say behind one another's backs, society would be impossible.”

“God created seaweed… The seaweed made the world.”

“A body of work may be reviled -- mostly by those who have no knowledge of its workings -- and yet still carry elements of what can only be considered eternal truths.”

“The eye that directs a needle in the delicate meshes of embroidery will equally well bisect a star with the spiderweb of the micrometer.”

Source : Maria Mitchell (1896). “Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals”