The kind of propaganda that some of the religious groups, aided and abetted by the opposition, put forth in that campaign utterly disgusted me. If I needed anything to show me what prejudice can do to the intelligence of human beings that campaign was the best lesson I could have had.

What could we accomplish if we knew we could not fail?

Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

Choose a challenge instead of competence

It seems to me that I cannot afford, as a self-respecting individual, to refuse to do a thing merely because it will make me disliked or bring down a storm of criticism on my head.

A guest is really good or bad because of the host or hostess who makes being a guest an easy or a difficult task.

Perhaps the basic thing which contributes to charm is the ability to forget oneself and be engrossed in other people.