To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man’s injustice to
woman. If by strength is meant brute strength, then, indeed, is woman
less brute than man. If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is
immeasurably man’s superior. Has she not greater intuition, is she not
more self-sacrificing, has she not greater powers of endurance, has she
not greater courage? Without her, man could not be. If nonviolence is
the law of our being, the future is with woman. Who can make a more
effective appeal to the heart than woman?
– Mohandas Gandhi in “Young India”, 10/4/1930

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.
– Seneca, Roman Senator and Philosopher (mid 1st century c.e.)