[U]sefulness is happiness, and... all other things are but incidental. Lydia M. Child More Quotes by Lydia M. Child More Quotes From Lydia M. Child No music is so pleasant to my ears as that word-father. Lydia M. Child music-is ears father Reverence is the highest quality of man's nature; and that individual, or nation, which has it slightly developed, is so far unfortunate. It is a strong spiritual instinct, and seeks to form channels for itself where none exists; thus Americans, in the dearth of other objects to worship, fall to worshiping themselves. Lydia M. Child strong spiritual fall It is my mission to help in the breaking down of classes, and to make all men feel as if they were brethren of the same family, sharing the same rights, the same capabilities, and the same responsibilities. While my hand can hold a pen, I will use it to this end; and while my brain can earn a dollar, I will devote it to this end. Lydia M. Child equality responsibility men Home - that blessed word, which opens to the human heart the most perfect glimpse of Heaven, and helps to carry it thither, as on an angel's wings. Lydia M. Child blessed home heart I will work in my own way, according to the light that is in me. Lydia M. Child my-own light way Law is not law, if it violates the principles of eternal justice. Lydia M. Child principles law justice So easy it is to see the errors of past ages, so difficult to acknowledge our own! Lydia M. Child perspective errors past Ah, my friend, that is the only true church organization, when heads and hearts unite in working for the welfare of the human race! Lydia M. Child organization race heart Nature made us individuals, as she did the flowers and the pebbles; but we are afraid to be peculiar, and so our society resembles a bag of marbles, or a string of mold candles. Why should we all dress after the same fashion? The frost never paints my windows twice alike. Lydia M. Child being-different fashion flower Thy treasures of gold Lydia M. Child home heart blood Happiness consists not in having much, but in wanting no more than you have. Lydia M. Child being-content happiness The civilization of any country may always be measured by the degree of equality between men and women; and society will never come truly into order until there is perfect equality and copartnership between them in every department of human life. Lydia M. Child equality men country We must not forget that all great revolutions and reformations would look mean and meagre if examined in detail as they occurred at the time. Lydia M. Child details change mean That man's best works should be such bungling imitations of Nature's infinite perfection, matters not much; but that he should make himself an imitation, this is the fact which Nature moans over, and deprecates beseechingly. Be spontaneous, be truthful, be free, and thus be individuals! is the song she sings through warbling birds, and whispering pines, and roaring waves, and screeching winds. Lydia M. Child nature song men Over the river and through the wood, Lydia M. Child horse winter rivers A reformer is one who sets forth cheerfully toward sure defeat. Lydia M. Child reformers defeat reform The laws of our being are such that we must perform some degree of use in the world, whether we intend it, or not; but we can deprive ourselves of its indwelling joy, by acting entirely from the love of self. Lydia M. Child self law joy The United States is a warning rather than an example to the world. Lydia M. Child united-states example warning Woman stock is rising in the market. I shall not live to see women vote, but I'll come and rap on the ballot box. Lydia M. Child diversity rap justice Even if nothing worse than wasted mental effort could be laid to the charge of theology, that alone ought to be sufficient to banish it from the earth, as one of the worst enemies of mankind. Lydia M. Child worst-enemy effort atheism
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