"The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration."
"Love cannot be forced, love cannot be coaxed and teased. It comes out of heaven, unasked and unsought."
"To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart and a free mind."
"Many people lose the small joys in the hope for the big happiness."
"I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in human beings."
"I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of human beings. I am so absorbed in the wonder of earth and the life upon it that I cannot think of heaven and angels."