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?

Jane had that happy disposition which would like to imagine that every one really wishes the well-being of his neighbour and struggles, though sometimes rather disastrously, to help him towards it.

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

Truth is its own defense.

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.

All persecution is a sign of fear; for if we did not fear the power of an opinion different from our own, we should not mind others holding it.

... the ears of the hunted grow even keener than a hunter's.