It is well, when judging a friend, to remember that he is judging you with the same godlike and superior impartiality.

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.

Always behave as if nothing had happened, no matter what has happened.

A cause may be inconvenient, but it's magnificent. It's like champagne or high heels, and one must be prepared to suffer for it.

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

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.

Beware of undertaking too much at the start. Be content with quite a little. Allow for accidents. Allow for human nature, especially your own.