Ellen Glasgow

To teach one's self is to be forced to learn twice.

The only difference between a rut and a grave are the dimensions.

Violence commands both literature and life, and violence is always crude and distorted.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

The patriot who feels himself in the service of God, who acknowledges Him in all his ways, has the promise of Almighty direction, and will find His Word in his greatest darkness.

Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?