Educated men and women, especially those who are in college, very often get the idea that religion is fit only for the common people. No young man or woman can make a greater error than this.

Holding a grudge does not hurt the person against whom the grudge is held, it hurts the one who holds it.

If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother.

The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.

In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.

No white American ever thinks that any other race is wholly civilized until he wears the white man’s clothes, eats the white man’s food, speaks the white man’s language, and professes the white man’s religion.

The highest test of the civilization of any race is in its willingness to extend a helping hand to the less fortunate.