The language of the face is not taught by the schools; it is intuitive, and to the observant is always legible.
Julia Ward HoweI am confirmed in my division of human energies. Ambitious people climb, but faithful people build.
Julia Ward HoweTheology in general seems to me a substitution of human ingenuity for divine wisdom.
Julia Ward HoweEvery life has its actual blanks, which the ideal must fill up, or which else remain bare & profitless forever.
Julia Ward HoweWe will not have great questions decided by irrelevant agencies, Our husbands will not come to us, reeking with carnage, for caresses and applause. Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn All that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy, and patience. We, the women of one country, will be too tender of those of another country To allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs.
Julia Ward Howe