She believed in letting children have a certain amount of rope, and only intervened at the last moment, in order to prevent their hanging themselves by it.

There's nothing final about a mistake, except its being taken as final.

it is better in the long run to be cheated than to cheat. I have learned that there is no middle way.

hurt vanity is one of the cruelest of mortal wounds.

People who talk of new lives believe there will be no new troubles.

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!

I wonder how often not the intention but the desire springs up in a doctor's mind: 'Can I let this human being out of the trap of Life?