Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making read more

Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself. - All About Ourselves and Other Essays.

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.

Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.

Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.

As I lived up to the highest light I had, higher and higher light came
to me.

As I lived up to the highest light I had, higher and higher light came
to me.

Fill your house with gold and jade, and it can no longer be guarded.

Fill your house with gold and jade, and it can no longer be guarded.

If one desires a change, one must be that change before that
change can take place.

If one desires a change, one must be that change before that
change can take place.

Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and
virtue is doing it.

Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and
virtue is doing it.

Could we but rightly comprehend the mind of man, nothing
would be impossible to us upon the earth.

Could we but rightly comprehend the mind of man, nothing
would be impossible to us upon the earth.

For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes, by virtue of their common womanhood, the property read more

For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes, by virtue of their common womanhood, the property of all women.