There is no true liberty for the individual except as he finds it in the liberty of all. There is no true security for the individual except as he finds it in the security for all.

By a divine paradox, wherever there is one slave there are two

Oft when the white, still dawn lifted the skies and pushed the hills apart, I have felt it like a glory in my heart.

The sequoias belong to the silences of the milleniums. Many of them have seen a hundred human generations rise, give off their little clamors and perish. They seem indeed to be forms of immortality standing here amoing the transitory shapes of time.

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

The thing that is incredible is life itself.

Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.