The quality of life depends upon the ability of society to teach it's members how to live in harmony with their environment-def ined first as family, then the community, then the world and its resources. — Ellen Swallow Richards Copy Share Image
The world moves, but we seem to move with it. When I studied physiology beforethere were two hundred and eight bones in the body.… — Ellen Swallow Richards Copy Share Image
A sense of power is the most intoxicating stimulant a mortal can enjoy. — Ellen Swallow Richards Copy Share Image
I hope that I am winning a way which others will keep open. — Ellen Swallow Richards Copy Share Image
One of the greatest faults of the women of the present time is a silly fear of things, and one object of the education… — Ellen Swallow Richards Copy Share Image
...all enjoyment is dependent upon the frailty of human life and human desires ... if we were to have all we want and to… — Ellen Swallow Richards Copy Share Image
It is cruelty to children to keep five-year-olds sitting still, gazing into vacancy even for one hour at a time. We have little idea… — Ellen Swallow Richards Copy Share Image
The most conventional customs cling to the table. Farmers who wouldn't drive a horse too hard expect pie three times a day. — Ellen Swallow Richards Copy Share Image
The Faculty [of Vassar] do not consider it a mere experiment any longer that girls can be educated as well as boys. — Ellen Swallow Richards Copy Share Image
The well-educated young woman of 1950 will blend art and sciences in a way we do not dream of; the science will steady the… — Ellen Swallow Richards Copy Share Image
You cannot make women contented with cooking and cleaning and you need not try. — Ellen Swallow Richards Copy Share Image
It is cowardly to fly from natural duties and take up those that suit our taste or temperament better; but it is also unwise… — Ellen Swallow Richards Copy Share Image
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