I never waste time looking back.

You need not be proud of me.... I'm only being active till you can be again--it isn't such a great desire on my part to serve theworld and I'll fall back into habits of sloth quite easily!

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

The Bible illustrated by Dore occupied many of my hours - and I think probably gave me many nightmares.

When you have decided what you believe, what you feel must be done, have the courage to stand alone and be counted

Probably the happiest period in life most frequently is in middle age, when the eager passions of youth are cooled, and the infirmities of age not yet begun; as we see that the shadows, which are at morning and evening so large, almost entirely disappear at midday.

I never met Mahatma Gandhi, but, I think everyone felt they knew him even if they hadn't met him.