There are so many things that we are capable of, that we could be or do. The potentialities are so great that we never, any of us, are more than one-fourth fulfilled.

who wants to read about success? It is the early struggle which makes a good story.

It is such a relief to be told the truth.

Could she fall so low? No, there were limits, and she believed she still knew where some of them were.

Perhaps the habit which distinguishes civilized people from others is that of discussion, exchange of opinion and ideas, the ability to differ without quarrelling, to say what you have to say civilly and then to listen civilly to another speaker.

You shouldn't side-step suffering if you have to go through it to get where you're going.

Childhood is the fiery furnace in which we are melted down to essentials and that essential shaped for good.