One's faith is kept alive as one occasionally meets a realized ideal of better human relations.
Jane AddamsI might believe I had unusual talent if I did not know what good music was; I might enjoy half an hour's practice a day if I were busy and happy the rest of the time. You do not know what life means when all the difficulties are removed! I am simply smothered and sickened with advantages. It is like eating a sweet dessert the first thing in the morning.
Jane AddamsIntellectual life requires for its expansion and manifestation the influences and assimilation of the interests and affections of others.
Jane AddamsIf the Settlement seeks its expression through social activity, it must learn the difference between mere social unrest and spiritual impulse.
Jane Addams