"Mrs. Lynde was complaining the other day that it wasn't much of a world. She said whenever you looked forward to anything pleasant you were sure to be more or less disappointed...that nothing ever came up to your expectations. Well, perhaps that is true. But there is a good side to it too. The bad things don't always come up to your expectations either...they nearly always turn out ever so much better than you think" (Page 25).

"There is some good in every person if you can find it. It is a teacher's duty to find and develop it...It's far more important to influence the children aright than it is even to teach them the three R's" (Page 28).

"I'd like to add some beauty to life...I don't exactly want to make people know more...though I know that is the noblest ambition...but I'd love...