You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.

an artist is always seeking revelation.

What is a neglected child? He is a child not planned for, not wanted. Neglect begins, therefore, before he is born.

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

It is natural anywhere that people like their own kind, but it is not necessarily natural that their fondness for their own kind should lead them to the subjection of whole groups of other people not like them.

For war to man, like childbirth to women, is simplifying in its emotions and activities. All the real problems of life can be put aside while the one thing is done and little thought is needed to do it. ... His hatreds can be expressed without censure, he can let his emotions run free, he can behave as dramatically, as heroically as he likes, and no one laughs at him. It is almost impossible for a man to behave heroically in the cool and ordinary times of peace. But in war anything is allowed him, he is praised and applauded and made much of, as women are excused and allowed for in pregnancy.