Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight. True education combines intellect, beauty, goodness, and the greatest of these is goodness. When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.

I don't give a damn about semi-radicals!

We cannot freely and wisely choose the right way for ourselves unless we know both good and evil.

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.

I could never stay long enough on the shore; the tang of the untainted, fresh, and free sea air was like a cool, quieting thought.

Every child has a right to be well-born, well-nurtured and well-taught, and only the freedom of woman can guarantee him this right.

What really counts in life is the quiet meeting of every difficulty with the determination to get out of it all the good there is.