Nobody can afford to appear more pleasant than they really are!

There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.

Morale is not a single instinct. It has many ingredients. A sense of personal responsibility, the natural courage of an individual, the amount of his acquired self-discipline -- and above all his interest in others -- these together make up the spirit of morale.

Taboos on the human heart are more dangerous than any risk we run by using our emotions. Sensation is the life of man; it is his actual energy. To suppress it is to lose creative power!

If one has one cow, it is always better not to be too familiar with those who have seven.

Some of us cling to our curses if we haven't anything better to cling to!

artists are exposed to great temptations: their eyes see paradise before their souls have reached it, and that is a great danger.