"It is told that Buddha, going out to……" — Charlotte Perkins Gilman
"It is told that Buddha, going out to look on life, was greatly daunted by death. "They all eat one another!" he cried, and called it evil. This process I examined, changed the verb and said, "They all feed one another," and called it good."
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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68 Quotes by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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I ran against a Prejudice that quite cut off the view.
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The softest, freest, most pliable and changeful living substance is the brain-the hardest and most iron-bound as well.
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Death is the essential condition of life, not an evil.
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The labor of women in the house, certainly, enables men to produce more wealth than they otherwise could; and in…
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A concept is stronger than a fact.
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The children in this country are the one center and focus of all our thoughts. Every step of our advance…
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It will be a great thing for the human soul when it finally stops worshipping backwards.
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Death? Why this fuss about death? Use your imagination, try to visualize a world without death! Death is the essential…
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In New York City, everyone is an exile, none more so than the Americans.
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Life is a verb, not a noun.
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While we flatter ourselves that things remain the same, they are changing under our very eyes from year to year,…
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There was a time when Patience ceased to be a virtue. It was long ago.
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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A friend to all is a friend to none.
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