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title: "2 According Light Quotes By Laura Ingalls Wilder"
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> [Things and persons appear to us according to the light we throw upon them from our own minds. How unconsciously we judge others by the light that is within ourselves, condemning or approving them by our own conception of right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-ingalls-wilder/things-and-persons-appear-to-us-according-to-the-light-we-throw-upon/)

[Laura Ingalls Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-ingalls-wilder/)

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> [Persons appear to us according to the light we throw upon them from our own minds. -Laura Ingalls Wilder, author (1867-1957)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-ingalls-wilder/persons-appear-to-us-according-to-the-light-we-throw-upon-them-from/)

[Laura Ingalls Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-ingalls-wilder/)

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## More by Laura Ingalls Wilder

> [I understood…that in my own life I represented a whole period of American history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-ingalls-wilder/i-understood-that-in-my-own-life-i-represented-a-whole-period-of/)

[Laura Ingalls Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-ingalls-wilder/)

> [there is a spirit in every home, a sort of composite spirit composed of the thoughts and feelings of the members of the family…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-ingalls-wilder/there-is-a-spirit-in-every-home-a-sort-of-composite-spirit-composed/)

[Laura Ingalls Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-ingalls-wilder/)

> [The uplift of a fearless heart will help us over barriers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-ingalls-wilder/the-uplift-of-a-fearless-heart-will-help-us-over-barriers/)

[Laura Ingalls Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-ingalls-wilder/)

> [The world seems a lonesome place when mother has passed away and only memories of her are left.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-ingalls-wilder/the-world-seems-a-lonesome-place-when-mother-has-passed-away-and-only/)

[Laura Ingalls Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-ingalls-wilder/)

> [Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-ingalls-wilder/our-hearts-grow-tender-with-childhood-memories-and-love-of-kindred/)

[Laura Ingalls Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-ingalls-wilder/)

> [We'd never get anything fixed to suit us if we waited for things to suit us before we started.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-ingalls-wilder/we-d-never-get-anything-fixed-to-suit-us-if-we-waited-for-things-to/)

[Laura Ingalls Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-ingalls-wilder/)

> [All those golden autumn days the sky was full of wings. Wings beating low over the blue water of Silver Lake, wings beating high…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-ingalls-wilder/all-those-golden-autumn-days-the-sky-was-full-of-wings-wings-beating/)

[Laura Ingalls Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-ingalls-wilder/)

> [These times are too progressive. Everything has changed too fast. Railroads and telegraphs and kerosene and coal stoves -- they're good to have but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-ingalls-wilder/these-times-are-too-progressive-everything-has-changed-too-fast/)

[Laura Ingalls Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-ingalls-wilder/)

> [I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things in life which are the real ones after all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-ingalls-wilder/i-am-beginning-to-learn-that-it-is-the-sweet-simple-things-in-life/)

[Laura Ingalls Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-ingalls-wilder/)

> [Life was not intended to be simply a round of work, no matter how interesting and important that work may be. A moment’s pause…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-ingalls-wilder/life-was-not-intended-to-be-simply-a-round-of-work-no-matter-how/)

[Laura Ingalls Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-ingalls-wilder/)

> [Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God. Don't waste it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-ingalls-wilder/suffering-passes-while-love-is-eternal-that-s-a-gift-that-you-have/)

[Laura Ingalls Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-ingalls-wilder/)

> [Remember well, and bear in mind, a constant friend is hard to find.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-ingalls-wilder/remember-well-and-bear-in-mind-a-constant-friend-is-hard-to-find/)

[Laura Ingalls Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-ingalls-wilder/)

> [The only stupid thing about words is the spelling of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-ingalls-wilder/the-only-stupid-thing-about-words-is-the-spelling-of-them/)

[Laura Ingalls Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-ingalls-wilder/)

> [“Little rabbits, you know, always have games together before they go to bed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-ingalls-wilder/little-rabbits-you-know-always-have-games-together-before-they-go-to/)

[Laura Ingalls Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-ingalls-wilder/)

> [These happy golden years are passing by, these happy golden years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-ingalls-wilder/these-happy-golden-years-are-passing-by-these-happy-golden-years/)

[Laura Ingalls Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-ingalls-wilder/)

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