People often ask me what is the most effective technique for transforming their life. It is a little embarrassing that after years and years of research and experimentation, I have to say that the best answer is - just be a little kinder.

Nobody can have the consolations of religion or philosophy unless he has first experienced their desolations.

I have always found that Angels have the vanity to speak of themselves as the only wise.

The ductless glands secrete among other things our moods, our aspirations, our philosophy of life.

Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers.

A man may have strong humanitarian and democratic principles, but if he happens to have been brought up as a bath-taking, shirt-changing lover of fresh air, he will have to overcome certain physical repugnance before he can bring himself to put those principles into practice.

Reality cannot be ignored except at a price; and the longer the ignorance is persisted in, the higher and more terrible becomes the price that must be paid.