It has been wisely observed by the greatest of modern thinkers that mankind has progressed more rapidly in every other respect than in morality. -Lafcadio Hearn Respect
A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove today on examination to have been of immense value to mankind. -Lafcadio Hearn Imagination
A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove today on examination to have been of immense value to mankind. -Lafcadio Hearn Knowledge
There is one type of ideal woman very seldom described in poetry - the old maid, the woman whom sorrow or misfortune prevents from fulfilling her natural destiny. -Lafcadio Hearn Poetry
But what is after all the happiness of mere power? There is a greater happiness possible than to be lord of heaven and earth; that is the happiness of being truly loved. -Lafcadio Hearn Power
For this reason, to study English literature without some general knowledge of the relation of the Bible to that literature would be to leave one's literary education very incomplete. -Lafcadio Hearn Knowledge
But what is after all the happiness of mere power? There is a greater happiness possible than to be lord of heaven and earth; that is the happiness of being truly loved. -Lafcadio Hearn Happiness
