Abigail Adams

Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence. ”

I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic. ”

Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues. ”

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve? ”

If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women. ”

I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe. ”

We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them. ”

Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since. ”