“Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.” InspirationAttitudeChristmas Author:Mary Ellen Chase
“Whatever laudable qualities the English may possess in their selection, preparation, and consumption of food, elegance, originality, diversity, and imagination are not among them.” MayImaginationQualityDiversityEnglandPreparationOriginalityConsumptionSelectionElegance Author:Mary Ellen Chase
“To lovers of the long and intricate history of language the disuse and final death of certain words is a matter of regret. Yet every age bears witness to the inevitableness of such loss.” LongMatterAgeCertainLanguageLossRegretBearsLoversFinalsWitnessIntricate Author:Mary Ellen Chase
“Suffering without understanding in this life is a heap worse than suffering when you have at least the grain of an idea what it's all for.” IdeasLife IsSufferingUnderstandingThis LifeGrain Author:Mary Ellen Chase
“Christmas is not a date. It is a state of mind.” MindStatesDatingChristmasState Of MindInspirational ChristmasChristmas DayChristmas ThoughtsBest ChristmasMerry Christmas InspirationalMerry Christmas CardsMerry Christmas Greeting CardChristmas Greeting Card Author:Mary Ellen Chase
“There is no substitute for books in the life of a child.” ChildrenBookKidsReadingReaderImportanceLibraryYour ChildrenSubstitutesReading BooksLiteracyBook ReadingBooks And ReadingChildren BookEducation And LiteracyLibraries Books And ReadingReading And LiteracyBook ReadersBooks For KidsLibraries And ReadingReading AloudReading For KidsGreat ReadingChildren ReadingImportance Of ReadingLiteracy And ChildrenLiteracy For ChildrenChildren About ReadingReading Books To ChildrenReading Life Author:Mary Ellen Chase
“It is quite possible to leave your home for a walk in the early morning air and return a different person - beguiled, enchanted.” InspirationalPersonsDifferentHomeChangeWalksMorningAirReturnEnchantedEarly MorningMorning Air Author:Mary Ellen Chase
“Manual labor to my father was not only good and decent for it's own sake but, as he was given to saying, it straightened out one's thoughts.” FatherGivenWorkLaborSakeDecentManualsManual Labor Author:Mary Ellen Chase
“Even one's yesterdays could not continue to stir and move in a man's mind unless there were a future for those yesterdays to make.” MenMindMovingHopeYesterday Author:Mary Ellen Chase
“The greatest danger in any argument is that real issues often clouded by superficial ones, that momentary passions may obscure permanent realities.” MayRealRealityPassionIssuesDangerArgumentPermanentSuperficialObscureMomentaryContentionClouded Author:Mary Ellen Chase
“Of all the excellent teachers of college English whom I have known I have never discovered one who knew precisely what he was doing. Therein have lain their power and their charm.” KnownTeacherTeachingCollegeExcellentCharm Author:Mary Ellen Chase
