The arbitrary division of one's life into weeks and days and hours seemed, on the whole, useless. There was but one day for the men, and that was pay day, and one for the women, and that was rent day. As for the children, every day was theirs, just as it should be in every corner of the world.

any pursuit of happiness contrary to the common good is doomed to failure.

we sometimes forget the influence of action upon thought. ... Smile, whistle, sing, play the part you want to be until you become the part you play.

I believe in the immortality of the soul because I cannot conceive of an intelligent First Cause creating human beings through long process of evolution in this world only to destroy them.

It is not what we have but what we do with what we have that constitutes the value of life.

Half of our sorrows come from setting exalted standards for people and then breaking our hearts when they fail to live up to them.

The fact that beauty is at one and the same time without cost and above price, robs it of the curse of possessiveness.