A little more patience, a little more charity for all, a little more devotion, a little more love; with less bowing down to the past, and a silent ignoring of pretended authority; brave looking forward to the future with more faith in our fellows, and the race will be ripe for a great burst of light and life.

A creed is an ossified metaphor.

I believe the only way we can reach the Kingdom of Heaven is to have the Kingdom of Heaven in our hearts.

There is no failure except the failure of trying.

He who influences the thought of his times influences the times that follow.

Editor: a person employed by a newspaper, whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed.

The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination.