38 quotes
American writer (1892–1973)
“The young do not know enough to be prudent and therefore they attempt the impossible-and achieve it generation after generation.”
"Nothing in life is as good as the marriage of true minds between man and woman. As good? It is life itself."
on Love
"Love alone could waken love."
"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."
on Gender
"Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together."
"A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love."
"Growth itself contains the germ of happiness."
on Happiness
"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."
on Inspirational
"Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment."
on Communication
"Love dies only when growth stops."
"All things are possible until they are proved impossible-and even the impossible may only be so as of now."
"Praise out of season or tactlessly bestowed can freeze the heart as much as blame."
on Wisdom
"To eat bread without hope is still slowly to starve to death."
on Hope
"When hope is taken away from the people moral degeneration follows swiftly after."
on Philosophy
"We must have hope or starve to death."
"And to him war was a thing like earth and sky and water and why it was no one knew but only that it was."
on War
"To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart and a free mind."
on Joy
"I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in human beings."
on Faith
"All things are possible until they are proved impossible and even the impossible may only be so, as of now."
"Truth is always exciting. Speak it then life is dull without it."
on Truth
