There is no truth. Only points of view.

The child and the great artist -- these alone receive the sensation fresh as it was at the beginning of the world.

I have taken this step because I want the discipline, the fire and the authority of the Church. I am hopelessly unworthy of it, but I hope to become worthy.

What is the special privilege of youth? It is, I think, the power of looking forward, the firm belief that the future holds something that is worth possessing, and that, therefore, one can let the present moment drop from one without regret and without fear.

Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.

Hot water is my native element. I was in it as a baby, and I have never seemed to get out of it ever since.

... all ugliness passes, and beauty endures, excepting of the skin.