to know how to read is to light a lamp in the mind, to release the soul from prison, to open a gate to the universe." from Pavilion of Women page 292.

The basic discovery about any people is the discovery of the relationship between its men and its women..

French is the most beautiful,” he said, “and Italian is the most poetic, and Russian the most powerful, German the most solid. But more business is d….

Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore only to be borne..

The test of a civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless members.

Race prejudice is not only a shadow over the colored it is a shadow over all of us, and the shadow is darkest over those who feel it least and allow ….

The bitterest creature under heaven is the wife who discovers that her husband's bravery is only bravado, that his strength is only a uniform, that h….

It may be that religion is dead, and if it is, we had better know it and set ourselves to try to discover other sources of moral strength before it i….

nature knows no sex limitations and does not bestow brains upon men alone. Daughters inherit gifts exactly as often and as much as sons..

destructiveness comes only when life isn't lived. People who can live their lives don't destroy themselves..

To understand what happens now one must find the cause, which may be very long ago in its beginning, but is surely there, and therefore a knowledge o….

An intelligent, energetic, educated woman cannot be kept in four walls - even satin-lined, diamond-studded walls - without discovering sooner or late….

Anger can give energy to the mind but only if it is harnessed and held in control..

It is ironical that in an age when we have prided ourselves on our progress in the intelligent care and teaching of children we have at the same time….

Only very coarse persons wanted wars..

All in all, Vermont is a jewel state, small but precious..

We should so provide for old age that it may have no urgent wants of this world to absorb it from meditation on the next. It is awful to see the lean….

I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of human beings. I am so absorbed in the wonder of earth and the life upon it that I….

there is one word that can be the guide for your life- it is the word reciprocity..

You are right,” he had said. “Love is not the word. No one can love his neighbor. Say, rather, ‘Know thy neighbor as thyself.” That is, comprehend hi….

Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied..