I, Woman, am that wonder-breathing rose That blossoms in the garden of the King.

When I put out to sea, I do not offer advice to the skipper about the management of the ship.

The art of detection is finding a common denominator for the fractions of a case.

Our minds are the most mysterious things about us.

Only in the stillness of detachment can the soul yield up her secrets.

There is almost no limit to the possibilities of the imagination, but to get the full power of it, one must trust one's imagination. If you say to yourself constantly, as the mother says to the child, 'But this is only play; this is not real,' you never can make real the things you have created in thought.

Watch for the high tides of yourself and flow up with them; when the inevitable low tides come, either rest or meditate. You cannot escape rhythm. You transcend it by working with it.