If you keep your feathers well oiled the water of criticism will run off as from a duck's back.
Ellen Swallow Richards
The only trouble here is they won't let us study enough. They are so afraid we shall break down and you know the reputation of the College is at stake, for the question is, can girls get a college degree without ruining their health?
Ellen Swallow Richards
Subject the material world to the higher ends by understanding it in all its relations to daily life and action.
Ellen Swallow Richards
New England is the home of all that is good and noble with all her sternness and uncompromising opinions.
Ellen Swallow Richards
We never can tell how our lives may work to the account of the general good, and we are not wise enough to know if we have fulfilled our mission or not.