When our thoughts - which bring actions - are filled with hate against anyone, Negro or white, we are in a living hell. That is as real as hell will ever be.

To those who have as yet not learned the secret of true happiness, which is the joy of coming into the closest relationship with the Maker and Preserver of all things: begin now to study the little things in your own door yard.

Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater.

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.

All flowers talk to me and so do hundreds of little living things in the woods. I learn what I know by watching and loving everything.

My purpose alone must be God's purpose.

Since new developments are the products of a creative mind, we must therefore stimulate and encourage that type of mind in every way possible.