“For too many of us ease is far more soul-destroying than trouble.” SoulTroubleEaseDestroyingIdleness Author:Alice Foote MacDougall
“To me life means the growing of a soul. I do not know why this duty is imposed upon us. I merely know that it is, and I feel that we are given much latitude of free will.” KnowsLifeFeelsMeanSoulGivenGrowingDutyFree WillLife MeansLatitude Author:Alice Foote MacDougall
“for the poor the whole world is a self-constituted critic; your smallest action is open to debate. No secret place of your soul is safe from invasion.” WorldSoulSelfWholeActionPoorSecretPovertySafeCriticsDebateWhole WorldYour SoulSmallestInvasionSecret Places Author:Alice Foote MacDougall
“... it is a lonely programme. The very virtues you cultivate become walls that inevitably separate you from your kind.... A new danger comes to your soul, and intolerance and impatience with those who are as you have been all but destroy that which you have taken such pains to build up. Not alone are there spiritual barriers between you and the friends that you have, but your business training has made your mind incisive. In the swift rush of business you have no time for small debates and petty dilemmas.” MindKindHas BeensMadeSoulPainSpiritualBusinessVirtueTakenLonelinessDangerWallTrainingLonelyDebateYour SoulBarriersIntolerancePettyNot AloneImpatienceDilemmaProgrammes Author:Alice Foote MacDougall
“Really to succeed, we must give; of our souls to the soulless, of our love to the lonely, of our intelligence to the dull. Business is quite as much a process of giving as it is of getting.” GivingSoulSuccessProcessBusinessKindnessSucceedLonelyDullOur LoveSoulless Author:Alice Foote MacDougall