The quality of life depends upon the ability of society to teach it's members how to live in harmony with their environment-def ined first as family, then the community, then the world and its resources.

It is cowardly to fly from natural duties and take up those that suit our taste or temperament better; but it is also unwise to take an exaggerated view of personal duties, which shuts out the proper care of the mind and body entrusted to us.

I wish the women's rights folks would be more sensible. I think women have a great deal to learn, before they are fit to vote.

Home Economics stands for the ideal home life for today unhampered by the traditions of the past and the utilization of all the resources of modern science to improve home life.

I had been in the hurrying waters too long not to appreciate an opportunity to lie on the bank and rest, watch others, and gain strength for the coming years.

The Faculty [of Vassar] do not consider it a mere experiment any longer that girls can be educated as well as boys.

The most conventional customs cling to the table. Farmers who wouldn't drive a horse too hard expect pie three times a day.