Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.

Must be grounded in a philosophy whose foundation is on the solidarity of the human race, a philosophy which will not waver when the race happens to be represented by a drunken woman or an idiot boy.

It is dreadful the way all the comfortable, happy people stay off to themselves.

Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive, it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest of the nation.

I am not one of those who believe - broadly speaking - that women are better than men. We have not wrecked railroads, nor corrupted legislatures, nor done many unholy things that men have done; but then we must remember that we have not had the chance.

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

Things that make us alike are finer and stronger than the things that make us different.