People may be said to resemble the pieces of a puzzle, each unique, yet each essential to bring out a complete picture.

The freedom of thought is a sacred right of every individual man, and diversity will continue to increase with the progress, refinement, and differentiation of the human intellect.

In order to join vigorously in the moral work of the world I must believe that somehow the best I can accomplish will endure, will leave its trace on things, will aid the final consummation.

The Infinite, from which comes the impulse that lead us to activity, is not the highest Reason, but higher than reason; not the highest Goodness, but higher than goodness.

We stand, as it were, on the shore, and see multitudes of our fellow beings struggling in the water, stretching forth their arms, sinking, drowning, and we are powerless to assist them.

To care for anyone else enough to make their problems one's own, is ever the beginning of one's real ethical development.

Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.