belated maternity has had its compensations; small children have a habit of conferring persistent youth upon their parents, and by their eager vitality postpone the unenterprising cautions and timidities of middle age.

I thought that spring must last forevermore, For I was young and loved, and it was May.

The tragedy of journalism lies in its impermanence; the very topicality which gives it brilliance condemns it to an early death. Too often it is a process of flinging bright balloons in the path of the hurricane, a casting of priceless petals upon the rushing surface of a stream.

We should never be at the mercy of Providence if only we understood that we ourselves are Providence.

The pacifist's task today is to find a method of helping and healing which provides a revolutionary constructive substitute for war.

It never seems to occur to anybody that some women may not want to find husbands.

All that a pacifist can undertake -- but it is a very great deal -- is to refuse to kill, injure or otherwise cause suffering to another human creature, and untiringly to order his life by the rule of love though others may be captured by hate.