36 Quotes by Ellen Swallow Richards

The quality of life depends upon the ability of society to teach it's members how to live in harmony with their environment-def ined first as family, then the community, then the world and its resources.

The environment that people live in is the environment that they learn to live in, respond to, and perpetuate. If the environment is good, so be it. But if it is poor, so is the quality of life within it.

Home Economics stands for the ideal home life for today unhampered by the traditions of the past and the utilization of all the resources of modern science to improve home life.

If you keep your feathers well oiled the water of criticism will run off as from a duck’s back.

The quality of life depends upon the ability of society to teach it’s members how to live in harmony with their environment-def ined first as family, then the community, then the world and its resources.

I wish the women’s rights folks would be more sensible. I think women have a great deal to learn, before they are fit to vote.

A sense of power is the most intoxicating stimulant a mortal can enjoy...

The most conventional customs cling to the table. Farmers who wouldn’t drive a horse too hard expect pie three times a day.

If it is a relief to take your clothes off at night, be sure that something is wrong. Clothes should not be a burden. They should be a comfort and a protection.