I must study alone, as I am condemned to do every thing alone, I believe, in this life. Dorothea Dix condemnlifestudy Change image and share on social
What an enthusiastic devotion is that which sends a man from the attractions of home, the ties of neighbourhood, the bonds of country, to range plains, valleys, hills, mountains, for a new flower. Dorothea Dix attractionbondcountry Change image and share on social
I am contracting continually a debt of gratitude which time will never see canceled. There is a treasury from which it will be repaid, but I do not dispense its stores. Dorothea Dix canceledcontinuallycontract Change image and share on social
Always remember those things that tend to strengthen and improve your understanding. You cannot learn without attention, neither retain those lessons that you have once learnt without frequently reflecting upon and reviewing them in your mind; by this means, things long past will remain impressed upon your memory. Dorothea Dix attentionfrequentlyimpress share on social
I shall be well enough when I get to Kentucky or Alabama. The tonic I need is the tonic of opposition. That always sets me on my feet. Dorothea Dix alabamafootkentucky Change image and share on social
The olive branch has been consecrated to peace, palm branches to victory, the laurel to conquest and poetry, the myrtle to love and pleasure, the cypress to mourning, and the willow to despondency. Dorothea Dix branchconquestconsecrate Change image and share on social
Society during the last hundred years has been alternately perplexed and encouraged respecting the two great questions: how shall the criminal and pauper be disposed of in order to reduce crime and reform the criminal on the one hand and, on the other, to diminish pauperism and restore the pauper to useful citizenship? Dorothea Dix alternatelycitizenshipcrime share on social
With care and patience, people may accomplish things which, to an indolent person, would appear impossible. Dorothea Dix accomplishcareimpossible Change image and share on social
I would be cautious in embracing or rejecting doctrines. Had they been essential to our salvation, they would have been more explicitly declared in the Gospels, where we are so well taught the practice of every good word and work. Dorothea Dix cautiousdeclaredoctrine share on social
All my habits through life have been singularly removed from any condition of reliance on others, and the feeling - right or wrong - that aloneness is my proper position has prevailed since my early childhood, no doubt nourished and strengthened by many and quick-following bereavements. Dorothea Dix alonenessbereavementchildhood share on social