A love for humanity came over me, and watered and fertilised the fields of my inner world which had been lying fallow, and this love of humanity vented itself in a vast compassion.

I encountered among my comrades the most varied human traits, from frankness to reserve, from goodness, uprightness and kindness, to brutality and baseness.

The person upon whom the schoolboys' attention centred was, of course, the Headmaster.

Poor is the power of the lead that becomes bullets compared to the power of the hot metal that becomes types.

I did not know what it was to be happy for a whole day at a time, scarcely for an hour.

Among the delights of Summer were picnics to the woods.

He who does not understand a joke, he does not understand Danish.

The Danish glee: the national version of cheerfulness.

I was not given to looking at life in a rosy light.

Being gifted needs courage.

It was jolly in the country. A cow and little pigs to play with and milk warm from the cow.

Most people know nothing about learning

There are no good men among the living, and no bad ones among the dead

We must strive to do ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Discernment is not a matter of telling the difference between right and wrong; rather it is telling the difference between right and almost right.

My job is not to try to give readers what they want but to try to make readers want what I give.

A lot of people are bored of all the political correctness.

There are only two words that will always lead you to success. Those words are yes and no. Undoubtedly, you've mastered saying yes. So start practicing saying no. Your goals depend on it!

O welcome pure-eyed Faith, white handed Hope, Thou hovering angel girt with golden wings.

If you have a big problem in your life, all that means is that you are being a small person!

The reconciling grave swallows distinction first, that made us foes; there all lie down in peace together.