Sometimes it is extremely good for you to forget that there is anything in the world which needs to be done, and to do some particular thing that you want to do. Every human being needs a certain amount of time in which he can be peaceful.

You can never really live anyone else's life, not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you've become yourself.

Success must include two things: the development of an individual to his utmost potentiality and a contribution of some kind to one's world.

Obedience may have its uses, but it is no substitute for willing, uncoerced co-operation.

The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.

I am who I am today because of the choices I made yesterday.

The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are.