You may not have been responsible for your heritage, but you are responsible for your future.

All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.

Young love is a flame very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep-burning, unquenchable.

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.