"Everyone is a potential murderer-in everyone there arises from time to time the wish to kill-though not the will to kill."

"There is too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will. I must concede you the Devil. God doesn't really need to punish us, Miss Barton. We're so busy punishing ou…"

"If you confront anyone who has lied with the truth, he will usually admit it - often out of sheer surprise. It is only necessary to guess right to produce your effect."

"One must accept the fact that we have only one companion in this world, a companion who accompanies us from the cradle to the grave - our own self. Get on good terms with that companion - learn to liv…"

"One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is to have a happy childhood."