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.

You are not in charge of the universe; you are in charge of yourself.

Mother is far too clever to understand anything she does not like.

Does there, I wonder, exist a being who has read all, or approximately all, that the person of average culture is supposed to have read, and that not to have read is a social sin? If such a being does exist, surely he is an old, a very old man.

Make love to every woman you meet; if you get five per cent of your outlay it's a good investment.

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

Essential characteristic of the really great novelist: a Christ-like, all-embracing compassion.