The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used to failing.

The man who has become a thinking being feels a compulsion to give every will-to-live the same reverence for life that he gives to his own. He experiences that other life in his own.

Hear our humble prayer, O God. Make us, ourselves, to be true friends to the animals.

Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.

I do not want to frighten you by telling you about the temptations life will bring. Anyone who is healthy in spirit will overcome them. But there is something I want you to realize. It does not matter so much what you do. What matters is whether your soul is harmed by what you do. If your soul is harmed, something irreparable happens, the extent of which you won't realize until it will be too late.

The most difficult thing I have ever had to do is follow the guidance I prayed for.

It seemed incredible to me, that physical courage should be so commonplace and revered, while moral courage . . . is so rare and despised.