The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.

Conscience is the guardian in the individual of the rules which the community has evolved for its own preservation.

Why did you look at the sunset?' Philip answered with his mouth full: Because I was happy.

The mystic sees the ineffable, and the psychopathologist the unspeakable.

It wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say, 'I don't know.'

Culture is not just an ornament; it is the expression of a nation's character, and at the same time it is a powerful instrument to mould character. The end of culture is right living.

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.