Read the Bible. Work hard and honestly. And don't complain.
The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation.
Focus on the mind and the soul. Read. Study. Enrol in a course of lectures. Pray. Become a member of a religious congregation. Study the Bible or other ancient works of wisdom.
The Bible is a radically pro-slavery document. Slave owners waved Bibles over their heads in the Civil War and justified it.
The Bible may be the truth but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
You can't tell a woman who is called by God to teach that she cannot teach the Word of God... So I think the distinction is that there's a difference between the authority of a pastor and a Bible teacher.
Captain Hale alone without sympathy or support save that from above on the near approach of death asked for a clergyman to attend him. It was refused. He then requested a Bible that too was refused by his inhuman jailer.
In all my perplexities and distresses the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.
Unfortunately a lot of the concepts in the Bible are based on ancient mythology that doesn't fit the findings of science.
Einstein was searching for String Theory. It not only reconciles General Relativity to Quantum Mechanics but it reconciles Science and the Bible as well.