The most effective teacher will always be biased, for the chief force in teaching is confidence and enthusiasm.

A novel should be an experience and convey an emotional truth rather than arguments.

The fear of hell, the punishment of sin, how the modern parent revolts from such teaching. Yet I will assert that far from doing us children harm, it was a sure foundation to the world of our confidence, a master girder in our palace of delight.

The truth is that life is hard and dangerous; that he who seeks his own happiness does not find it; that he who is weak must suffer; that he who demands love will be disappointed; that he who is greedy will not be fed; that he who seeks peace will find strife; that truth is only for the brave; that joy is only for him who does not fear to be alone; that life is only for the one who is not afraid to die.

No one can estimate the power of authority among poor and uneducated people in a world whose problems confuse even the wisest.

What is it in the actor, the stage, that casts so powerful a spell on the young imagination?

The will is never free - it is always attached to an object, a purpose. It is simply the engine in the car - it can't steer