“Self-respect cannot be hunted. It cannot be purchased. It is never for sale. It cannot be fabricated out of public relations. It comes to us when we are alone, in quiet moments, in quiet places, when we suddenly realize that, knowing the good, we have done it; knowing the beautiful, we have served it; knowing the truth, we have spoken it.”
“It is what we make of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.”
“Caring about someone as much as you care about yourself, and the critical eye that comes with it, are two strands that cannot be separated. Both engender a passion that makes the mother-daughter relationship perilous—and precious.”
“The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.”
“The day will come when men will recognise women as their peer, not only at the fireside, but in councils of the nation. Then, and not until then, will there be the perfect comradeship, the ideal union between the sexes that shall result in the highest development of the race.”
“A great many people think they are thinking when they are just rearranging their prejudices.”
“The understanding of atomic physics is child’s play, compared with the understanding of child’s play.”
“…there is no tool for development more effective than the education of girls.”
“Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.”
“Man can find meaning in life, short and perilous as it is, only through devoting himself to society.”
