The good neighbour looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human, and therefore, brothers.

Don'tthrow out the baby with the bath water.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.

Neversay more than is necessary.

Genius is a long impatience.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

An artist is only a very small part of the universe and should receive no more attention than any other thing on earth which provides us with beauty, happiness and plenty