Most mothers kiss and scold together.

Upon the profound discontent of the young in every country do I set my faith. I beg you, the young, to be discontented. I pray that you may rebel against what is wrong, not with feeble negative complaining but with strong positive assertion of what is right for all humanity.

You are right,” he had said. “Love is not the word. No one can love his neighbor. Say, rather, ‘Know thy neighbor as thyself.” That is, comprehend his hardships and understand his position, deal with his faults as gently as with your own. Do not judge him where you do not judge yourself. Madame, this is the meaning of the word love.

Introversion, at least if extreme, is a sign of mental and spiritual immaturity.

Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.

The test of a civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless members

The only real danger to our country is from within, that we forget our own power to be what we want to be.