In these days when we feed those who are not hungry, we are stealing from those who are starving, even though the food is our own.
LAURA INGALLS WILDEROnce you begin being naughty, it is easier to go and on and on, and sooner or later something dreadful happens.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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There the wild animals wandered and fed as though they were in a pasture that stretched much farther than a man could see, and there were no settlers. Only Indians lived there.
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There is no comfort anywhere for anyone who dreads to go home.
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People used to have time to live and enjoy themselves, but there is no time anymore for anything but work, work, work.
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There is a spirit in every home, a sort of composite spirit composed of the thoughts and feelings of the members of the family as a composite photograph is formed of the features of different individuals.
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We must get rid of the habit of classing all women together politically and thinking of the ‘woman’s vote’ as one and indivisible.
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I believe we would be happier to have a personal revolution in our individual lives and go back to simpler living and more direct thinking.
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Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat.
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The true way to live is to enjoy every moment as it passes, and surely it is in the everyday things around us that the beauty of life lies.
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Tact does for life just what lubricating oil does for machinery.
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We go lightheartedly on our way, never thinking that by a careless word or two we may have altered the whole course of human lives, for some person will take our advice and use it.
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No rich man can walk through the eye of a needle.
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We heap up around us things that we do not need as the crow makes piles of glittering pebbles.
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If enough people think of a thing and work hard enough at it, I guess it’s pretty nearly bound to happen, wind and weather permitting.
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The object of all education is to make folks fit to live.
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We who live in quiet places have the opportunity to become acquainted with ourselves, to think our own thoughts and live our own lives in a way that is not possible for those keeping up with the crowd.
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