The young were always theoretical; only the middle-aged could realize the deadliness of principles.

Once lay down the rule that the job comes first and you throw that job open to every individual, man or woman, fat or thin, tall or short, ugly or beautiful, who is able to do that job better than the rest of the world.

Lord, teach us to take our hearts and look them in the face, however difficult it may be.

None of us feels the true love of God till we realize how wicked we are. But you can't teach people that - they have to learn by experience.

the heaviest restriction upon the freedom of public opinion is not the official censorship of the Press, but the unofficial censorship by a Press which exists not so much to express opinion as to manufacture it.

you can give it a long name if you like, but I'm an old-fashioned woman and I call it mother-wit, and it's so rare for a man to have it that if he does you write a book about him and call him Sherlock Holmes.

Forgiveness is the one unpardonable sin.