We have no firm hold on any knowledge or philosophy that can lift us out of our difficulties.

The truth is not wonderful enough to suit the newspapers; so they enlarge upon it, and invent ridiculous embellishments.

People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved.

Obedience is the gateway through which knowledge, yes, and love, too, enter the mind of the child.

We all like stories that make us cry. It's so nice to feel sad when you've nothing in particular to feel sad about.

Every renaissance comes to the world with a cry, the cry of the human spirit to be free.

We are afraid of ideas, of experimenting, of change. We shrink from thinking a problem through to a logical conclusion.