The woman who works for a dollar a day has as much right as any other human being to say what the conditions of her work should be.

We need limitations and temptations to open our inner selves, dispel our ignorance, tear off disguises, throw down old idols, and destroy false standards. Only by such rude awakenings can we be led to dwell in a place where we are less cramped, less hindered by the ever-insistent External. Only then do we discover a new capacity and appreciation of goodness and beauty and truth.

Knowledge is love and light and vision.

One must envision the higher life and behave as if it were a fact before it can unfold.

I do not mean to object to a thorough knowledge of the famous works we read. I object only to the interminable comments and bewildering criticisms that teach but one thing: there are as many opinions as there are men.

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.

A well-educated mind will always have more questions than answers.