About the only value the story of my life may have is to show that one can, even without any particular gifts, overcome obstacles that seem insurmountable if one is willing to face the fact that they must be overcome.

When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.

What I have learned from my own experience is that the most important ingredients in a child's education are curiosity, interest, imagination, and a sense of the adventure of life.

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.

Think as little as possible about yourself and as much as possible about other people.

Every woman wants to be first to someone sometime in her life and that desire is the explanation for many strange things women do.

The more we simplify our material needs the more we are free to think of other things.