If human beings can be trained for cruelty and greed and a belief in power which comes through hate and fear and force, certainly we can train equally well for greatness and mercy and the power of love which comes because of the strength of the good qualities to be found in the soul of every human being.

the greatest luxury I know is sitting up reading in bed.

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by doing the thing which you think you cannot do.

I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.

Lest I keep my complacent way I must remember somewhere out there a person died for me today. As long as there must be war, I ask and I must answer was I worth dying for?

It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know.

Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence.