Lydia Maria Child Quote

The laws of our being are such that we must perform some degree of use in the world, whether we intend it, or not; but we can deprive ourselves of its indwelling joy, by acting entirely from the love of self.


Letters From New York (1845)


The laws of our being are such that we must perform some degree of use in the world, whether we intend it, or not; but we can deprive ourselves of...

The laws of our being are such that we must perform some degree of use in the world, whether we intend it, or not; but we can deprive ourselves of...

The laws of our being are such that we must perform some degree of use in the world, whether we intend it, or not; but we can deprive ourselves of...

The laws of our being are such that we must perform some degree of use in the world, whether we intend it, or not; but we can deprive ourselves of...