Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

The parents exist to teach the child, but also they must learn what the child has to teach them; and the child has a very great deal to teach them

To my mind the most poignant mystical exhoration ever written is "Be still and know that I am God."

As a rule people don't collect books; they let books collect themselves.

The proper, wise balancing of one's whole life may depend upon the feasibility of a cup of tea at an unusual hour.

We shall never have more time. We have, and always had, all the time there is. No object is served in waiting until next week or even until tomorrow. Keep going... Concentrate on something useful.

The real Tragedy is the tragedy of the man who never in his life braces himself for his one supreme effort-he never stretches to his full capacity, never stands up to his full stature.