My life has been happy because I have had wonderful friends and plenty of interesting work to do.

Our worst foes are not belligerent circumstances, but wavering spirits.

Look the world straight in the eye.

To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug.

The true task is to unite and organize all workers...and it is the workers themselves who must secure freedom for themselves.

My optimism is grounded in two worlds, myself and what is about me. I demand that the world be good, and lo, it obeys. I proclaim the world good, and facts range themselves to prove my proclamation overwhelmingly true.

I have found out that though the ways in which I can make myself useful are few, yet the work open to me is endless.