There are things in that paper that nobody knows but me, or ever will.

It is the same woman, I know, for she is always creeping, and most women do not creep by daylight.

To be surrounded by beautiful things has much influence upon the human creature; to make beautiful things has more.

Until we see what we are, we cannot take steps to become what we should be.

all social relations exist and grow in the human mind. That one despot can rule over a million other men rests absolutely on their state of mind. They believe that he does; let them change their minds, and he does not.

A normal feminine influence in recasting our religious assumptions will do more than any other one thing to improve the world.

As to ethics, unfortunately, we are still at sea. We never did have any popular base for what little ethics we knew, except the religious theories, and now that our faith is shaken in those theories we cannot account for ethics at all. It is no wonder we behave badly, we are literally ignorant of the laws of ethics, which is the simplest of sciences, the most necessary, the most continuously needed. The childish misconduct of our 'revolted youth' is quite equaled by that of older people, and neither young nor old seem to have any understanding of the reasons why conduct is 'good' or 'bad.