Love is that splendid triggering of human vitality... the supreme activity which nature affords anyone for going out of himself toward someone else.
Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary.
If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches.
Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.
I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.
The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others.