To see a shadow and think it is a tree that is a pity; but to see a tree and to think it a shadow can be fatal.

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.

Time indeed has very little to do with living except at its beginning or near its end.

Truth, though it has many disadvantages, is at least changeless. You can always find it where you left it.

Truth is its own defense.

Neither saints nor angels have ever increased my faith in this enigma Life; but what are called 'common men and women' have increased it.

... a woman who has been a nun is never anything else.