Of all aspects of social misery nothing is so heartbreaking as unemployment.

The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life.

In the unceasing ebb and flow of justice and oppression we must all dig channels as best we may, that at the propitious moment somewhat of the swelling tide may be conducted to the barren places of life.

That person is most cultivated who is able to put himself in the place of the greatest number of other persons.

If the Settlement seeks its expression through social activity, it must learn the difference between mere social unrest and spiritual impulse.

A Settlement is above all a place for enthusiasms, a spot to which those who have a passion for the equalization of human joys and opportunities are early attracted.

I 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.