Quotes by Schreiner, Olive

Men are like the earth and we are the moon; we turn always one side to >>

From our earliest hour we have been taught that the thought of the hea >>

Power! Did you ever hear of men being asked whether other souls should >>

Quotations about Men and Women

For the woman, the man is a means: the end is always the child. >>

The nearer society approaches to divine order, the less separation wil >>

There is something to me very softening in the presence of a woman, so >>

We all enter the world little plastic beings, with so much natural force, perhaps, but for the rest -- blank; and the world tells us what we are to be, and shapes us by the ends it sets before us. To you it says -- Work; and to us it says -- Seem! To you it says -- As you approximate to man's highest ideal of God, as your arm is strong and your knowledge great, and the power to labor is with you, so you shall gain all that human heart desires. To us it says -- Strength shall not help you, nor knowledge, nor labor. You shall gain what men gain, but by other means. And so the world makes men and women.

Schreiner, Olive