Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.

It is often wonderful how putting down on paper a clear statement of a case helps one to see, not perhaps the way out, but the way in.

A diary need not be a dreary chronicle of one's movements; it should aim rather at giving salient account of some particular episode, a walk, a book, a conversation.

I expect that all of us get pretty much what we deserve of appreciation.

The moment that any life, however good, stifles you, you may be sure it isn't your real life.

When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory.

The joy of all mysteries is the certainty which comes from their contemplation, that there are many doors yet for the soul to open on her upward and inward way.