I ought to reflect again and again, and yet again, that the beings that I have to steer are just as inevitable in the scheme of evolution as I am myself; have just as much right to be themselves as I am entitled to; and they all deserve from me as much sympathy as I give to myself.

If egotism means a terrific interest in one's self, egotism is absolutely essential to efficient living.

Procrastination is suicide on the installment plan.

The people who live in the past must yield to the people who live in the future. Otherwise the world would begin to turn the other way round.

The chief beauty about time is that you cannot waste it in advance. The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready for you, as perfect, as unspoiled, as if you had never wasted or misapplied a single moment in all your life. You can turn over a new leaf every hour if you choose.

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

The only way to write a great book is to write it with the eyes of a child who sees things for the first time.