Rebecca Lee Crumpler quotes

Rebecca Lee Crumpler quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Selfish prudence is too often allowed to come between duty and human life.”
-- Rebecca Lee Crumpler

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“I early conceived a liking for, and sought every opportunity to relieve the sufferings of others.”
-- Rebecca Lee Crumpler

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“That's okay. You an be selfish with me all you want. I'm yours.”
“Is not sorrow, all sorrow, selfish?”
“The money power preys on the nation in times of peace, and conspires against it in times of adversity. It is more despotic than monarchy, more insolent than autocracy, more selfish than bureaucracy. It denounces, as public enemies, all who question its methods or throw light upon its crimes.”
“There are no perfect human beings! Persons can be found who are good, very good indeed, in fact, great. There do in fact exist creators, seers, sages, saints, shakers, and movers...even if they are uncommon and do not come by the dozen. And yet these very same people can at times be boring, irritating, petulant, selfish, angry, or depressed. To avoid disillusionment with human nature, we must first give up our illusions about it.”
“When you win, you often lose, that's just a fact. There's no currency to straighten a warped spirit, or open a closed heart, a selfish heart...”
“The truth is I always loved him. From the first time I saw him he was so great. But that time I was hurt. I might have been selfish but I was so hurt. I was afraid I would feel more pain. Now I remember every time I was with Shouji I felt better. You hugged me secretly with your heart, didn't you? Now I want you to embrace me with all that warmth, with all your strength.”
“It was no human life that was involved in the matter, for that only is a human life which is a humane life.”
“Communal well-being is central to human life.”
“Sympathy is the charm of human life ...”

Source : Grace Aguilar (1858). “The Mother's Recompense: a Sequel to Home Influence”, p.65
“It is your duty in life to save your dream.”

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