Because I have confidence in the power of truth, and of the spirit, I have confidence in the future of mankind.

Not only is example the best way to teach, it is the only way.

I must forgive without noise or fuss.

The interior joy we feel when we have done a good deed is the nourishment the soul requires.

Do not let Sunday be taken from you. If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.

Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel instinct. Most of it comes from thoughtlessness or inherited habit. Extract from 'Memories of childhood and youth.'

The only thing of importance, when we depart, will be the traces of love we have left behind.