You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.

Are you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about?

It’s never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn’t hurt you.

Before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.

Jem was twelve. He was difficult to live with, inconsistent, moody. His appetite was appalling, and he told me so many times to stop pestering him I consulted Atticus: "Reckon he's got tapeworm" Atticus said no, Jem was growing. I must be patient with him and disturb him as little as possible.

Home is the dearest spot on earth, and it should be the centre, though not the boundary, of the affections.