To throw oneself to the side of the oppressed is the only dignified thing to do in life.

It is better to rust out than wear out.

He fed his spirit with the bread of books

Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, the emptiness of ages in his face, and on his back the burden of the world.

Here is the Truth in a little creed, Enough for all the roads we go: In Love is all the law we need, In Christ is all the God we know.

He drew a circle that shut me out- Heretic , rebel, a thing to flout. But love and I had the wit to win: We drew a circle and took him In ! From the poem " Outwitted

In vain we build the city if we do not first build the man.