Dorothy Canfield Fisher Quotes

You Think Religion Is What's Inside A Little Building Filled With Pretty Lights From Stained Glass Windows. But It's Not. It's Wings! Wings!

The Most Elementary Experience Of Life Proves That The Effects Of Compulsion Last Exactly As Long As The Physical Or Moral Club Can Be Applied.

Don't Let Anything Make You Believe That There Are Not As Many Decent Men In The World As Women, And They're Just As Decent. Life Isn't Worth Living Unless You Know That - And It's True.

I'm As Fixed In My Opinion As The Man Who Thought He Was A Hard-boiled Egg.

Oh, Yes, Of Course I Like Music, Too. Very Much. It's So Pleasant Of An Evening, Especially When Made By Your Friends At Home. I Often Say I Like It Better Than Cards. Though I Must Say I Do Like A Good Game Of Bridge.

Professional Psychologists Seem To Think That They Are The Only People Who Make Sense Out Of Human Actions. The Rest Of Us Know That Everybody Tries To Do Just This. What Else Is Gossip?

Father Sticks To It That Anything That Promises To Pay Too Much Can't Help Being Risky.

Taking Somebody's Sacrifices Is Like Taking Counterfeit Money. You're Only The Poorer.

Almost Anything Is Enough To Keep Alive Someone Who Wishes Nothing For Himself But Time To Write Music.

A Mom Isn't An Individual To Lean On, But A Person To Generate Leaning Needless.

Vermont Tradition Is Based On The Idea That Group Life Should Leave Each Person As Free As Possible To Arrange His Own Life. This Freedom Is The Only Climate In Which (we Feel) A Human Being May Create His Own Happiness. ... Character Itself Lies Deep And Secret Below The Surface, Unknown And Unknowable By Others. It Is The Mysterious Core Of Life, Which Every Man Or Woman Has To Cope With Alone, To Live With, To Conquer And Put In Order, Or To Be Defeated By.

I've Always Noticed That Nobody Can Be Single-minded Who Isn't Narrow-minded; And I Think It Likely That People Who Aren't So Cocksure What They Want To Do With Themselves, Hesitate Because They Have A Great Deal More To Deal With. A Nature Rich In Fine And Complex Possibilities Takes More Time To Dispose Of Itself, But When It Does, The World's Beauty Is The Gainer.