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

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.

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.

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.

Past has a very great superiority over the future: The future may not exist

There is no greater path than the act of listening, because the observer who listens can begin to see themselves as a part of one expression of purpose and beingness.

Take what life can give you, Ana, and do not trouble about the offerings which are laid in the tombs for time to crumble.

We hate some persons because we do not know them; and will not know them because we hate them.

There is no limit to suffering.

You're never going to be a Yankee for a day, or you're never going to be a Laker, but with Pro-Ams, they allow you to feel like you're a professional golfer and play under their conditions.

For example, I wear clothes I buy at trendy shops because I don't care much about clothing. If someone wants to create a trend around clothing, I'll happily and blindly follow.

I don't mind being black. I'm black out loud. It's more than the people that they are, it's the condition that they represent.

I don't think my work has to be loved by everyone, and it's loved by enough people that I'm grateful and able to keep going.

Art is a manifestation of emotion, and emotion speaks a language that all may understand.