“It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.”

“We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.”

“The most unhappy people in the world are those who face the days without knowing what to do with their time. But if you have more projects than you have time for, you are not going to be an unhappy person. This is as much a question of having imagination and curiosity as it is of actually making plans.”

“He who learns but does not think is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.”

“It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. We all know people who are so much afraid of pain that they shut themselves up like clams in a shell and, giving out nothing, receive nothing and therefore shrink until life is a mere living death.”

“I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on. ”

“The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are. ”