A susceptible child is capable of great hero worship, and a young mind can easily be obsessed by an idea which persists into adult life.

In my opinion, the state of mind of a community is always directly due to the influence of the man at the top.

The popular view that a child forgets easily is not an accurate one. Many people go right through life in the grip of an idea which has been impressed on them in very tender years.

After all, perhaps dirt isn't really so unhealthy as one is brought up to believe.

Somehow, the more I get older, and the more I see of people and sadness and illness and everything, the sorrier I get for everyone.

We do all these things when we are young. The poise, the savoir faire, it comes later.

I think Mrs. Leidner seems happier already from just talking about it. That's always a help, you know. It's bottling things up that makes them get on your nerves.

It seems odd that as far as I know nobody has yet been murdered for having too perfect a character! And yet perfection is undoubtedly an irritating thing!

Ladies tell their nurses things in a sudden burst of confidence, and then, afterwards, they feel uncomfortable about it and wish they hadn't! It's only human nature.

In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

Our mind is capable of passing beyond the dividing line we have drawn for it. Beyond the pairs of opposites of which the world consists, other, new insights begin.

Everyone knows how people who laugh easily create us by their laughter,--making us think of funnier and funnier things.

I'm not fake in any way.

Even in the worst tragedies and crisis, there’s no reason to add to everyone’s misery by looking miserable yourself.

Kierkegaard, Marx, and Nietzsche are for us like guideposts to a past which has lost its significance.

Either you're a hater or a lover.

The U.S. government is selling $30 billion worth of fighter jets to Saudi Arabia. Yeah, it's part of a new initiative called, 'Operation Regret This In Five Years.'

You know what freaks me out? Having your personal life live-tweeted so that everyone can make fun of you forever.