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Lilian Whiting
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“... it is far better to appreciate and not to possess, than to possess and not to appreciate.”
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“... housekeeping and homekeeping have gotten sadly mixed up and mistaken, — one for the other.”
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“Love is the reality of the soul.”
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“Opportunity is responsibility. It is a fleeing conjunction of circumstances. It is a test as well as a privilege. To be always equal to the opportunity, — what more could be said of the highest success in life?”
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“... true socialism is the equalization of all privileges. The power to take advantage of them, — that is another matter ...”
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“... service is the joy-giving factor in daily life. It is as spontaneous as light, as subtle as electricity, as exhilarating as sunshine. It exists primarily as a spiritual attitude. It lies in the constant recognition of the brotherhood of humanity toward each and all with whom we come in contact.”
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“Rome is stately and impressive; Florence is all beauty and enchantment; Genoa is picturesque; Venice is a dream city; but Naples is simply — fascinating.”
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“To live in Venice is like being domesticated in the heart of an opal.”
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“History and legend and art and romance meet and mingle to create that indefinable sorcery of Venice. It is like nothing on earth except a poet's dream ...”
Lilian Whiting, U.S. journalist, writer, editor
(1859 - 1942)