"Love is my Sword, Goodness my Armor, And Humor my Shield."

"Grownups seemed to think that accidents of chronology should oblige children to get along."

"Don't mind criticism. If it is untrue, disregard it; if unfair, keep from irritation; if it is ignorant, smile; if it is justified it is not criticism, learn from it."

"The only thing worse than losing a battle is winning one"

"It does not take sharp eyes to see the sun and the moon, nor does it take sharp ears to hear the thunderclap. Wisdom is not obvious. You must see the subtle and notice the hidden to be victorious."

"Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man."

"The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is its inefficiency."

"How should they answer?"

"My vigor, vitality, and cheek repel me. I am the kind of woman I would run from."

"I grasped the meaning of the greatest secret that human poetry and human thought and belief have to impart: The salvation of man is through love and in love."

"A little philosophy inclineth men's minds toward atheism, but depth of philosophy bringeth men's minds about again to religion."

"An artist is someone who cannot rest, who can never rest as long as there is one suffering creature in this world."