Nothing we learn in this world is ever wasted.

I have a great objection to seeing anyone, particularly anyone whom I care about, lose his self-control.

Keep us at tasks too hard for us that we may be driven to Thee for strength.

It is curious how much more interest can be evoked by a mixture of gossip, romance and mystery than by facts.

I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.

Curiosity must be kept alive.

The economy of communism is an economy which grows in an atmosphere of misery and want.