Quotes from Charlotte P. Gilman

Until we see what we are we cannot take steps to become what we should be.

The world is quite right. It does not have to be consistent.

To attain happiness in another world we need only to believe something, while to secure it in this world, we must do something.

To attain happiness in another world we need only to believe something; to secure it in this world, we must do something.

The first duty of a human being is to assume the right relationship to society-more briefly, to find your real job, and do it.

It is the duty of youth to bring its fresh powers to bear on social progress. Each generation of young people should be to the world like a vast reserve force to a tired army. They should lift the world forward. That is what they are for.