The home is the centre and circumference, the start and the finish, of most of our lives.
Charlotte Perkins GilmanRead
To swallow and follow, whether old doctrine or new propaganda, is a weakness still dominating the human mind.
Interpretation
Blindly accepting ideas without questioning them reflects a weakness in human thought.
In this quote, Charlotte Perkins Gilman critiques the tendency of humans to accept and conform to beliefs, whether they stem from established traditions or contemporary narratives, without critical examination. This behavior indicates a lack of intellectual independence and understanding, suggesting that the human mind often succumbs to societal pressures and ideologies without considering their validity or relevance.
In practice
In a discussion about social media influence, one could use this quote to highlight the dangers of uncritical acceptance of information.
The home is the centre and circumference, the start and the finish, of most of our lives.
Woman" in the abstract is young, and, we assume, charming. As they get older they pass off the stage, somehow, into private ownership mostly, or out of it altogether.
We all need one another; much and often. Just as every human creature needs a place to be alone in, a sacred, private "home" of his own, so all human creatures need a place to be together in, from the two who can show each other their souls uninterruptedly, to the largest throng that can throb and stir in unison.
Death is the essential condition of life, not an evil.
When the mother of the race is free, we shall have a better world, by the easy right of birth and by the calm, slow, friendly forces of evolution.
The children in this country are the one center and focus of all our thoughts. Every step of our advance is always considered in its effect on them-on the race. You see, we are MOTHERS, she repeated, as if in that she had said it all.
Europe and the world are waiting for us to defend the spirit of Enlightenment, threatened in so many places.
If few can stand a long war without deterioration of soul, none can stand a long peace.
I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that flies are born to be eaten by spiders and man to be devoured by sorrow.
Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
There will never cease to be ferment in the world unless people are sure of their food.
I'm convinced that I'm a child of God. That's wonderful, exhilarating, liberating, full of promise. But the burden which goes along with that is, I'm convinced that everybody is a child of God. . . . I weep a lot. I thank God I laugh a lot, too. The main thing in one's own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry.
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