It goes to show you that you should never give your mind any kind of instructions even half in fun, unless you’re prepared to have them carried out whether you approve later or not.
Fritz Leiber, The Night of the Long Knives [Amazon, Publisher, Local Library]
The woman who desires to reduce her flesh cannot do so by reading occult literature, or joining mystic circles, or attending lectures, unless she permeates herself so thoroughly with spiritual truths that she no longer craves six courses at dinner, and three meals a day, and unless she overcomes her dislike for exercise.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, The Heart of the New Thought [Amazon, Bookshop, Local Library]
No one, unless they were fanatics, would think of distributing religious tracts to the poor half starved ignorant portion of a large city. The human portion of their natures must be benefitted before any great results in moral improvements can be attained. Commence at the beginning.
Lydia Leavitt, Bohemian Society [Bookshop, Amazon]
