If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.

Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.

How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.

Attitudes are more important than facts.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly.

The more I work with the body, keeping my assumptions in a temporary state of reservation, the more I appreciate and sympathize with a given disease. The body no longer appears as a sick or irrational demon, but as a process with its own inner logic and wisdom.

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

The principle part of faith is patience.

When we are out of sympathy with the young, then I think our work in this world is over.