Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment.

None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free.

Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members.

Let woman out of the home, let man into it, should be the aim of education. The home needs man, and the world outside needs woman.

Growth itself contains the germ of happiness.

Love alone could waken love.

Love dies only when growth stops.

Life without idealism is empty indeed. We just hope or starve to death.

One faces the future with one's past.

The bitterest creature under heaven is the wife who discovers that her husband's bravery is only bravado, that his strength is only a uniform, that his power is but a gun in the hands of a fool.

It may be that religion is dead, and if it is, we had better know it and set ourselves to try to discover other sources of moral strength before it is too late.

A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.

Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together.

The basic discovery about any people is the discovery of the relationship between men and women.

Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that is where I renew my springs that never dry up.

The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.

To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth.

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

In a mood of faith and hope my work goes on. A ream of fresh paper lies on my desk waiting for the next book. I am a writer and I take up my pen to write.

I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of human beings. I am so absorbed in the wonder of earth and the life upon it that I cannot think of heaven and angels.