Tolerance is the first principle of community; it is the spirit which conserves the best that all men think.

A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.

If I write what my soul thinks it will be visible, and the words will be its body.

God doesn't promise security from life's storms but security in life's storms. God doesn't always call the equipped, but he will always equip the called. In the long run, avoiding danger is no safer than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.

The one resolution, which was in my mind long before it took the form of a resolution, is the key-note of my life. It is this, always to regard as mere impertinences of fate the handicaps which were placed upon my life almost at the beginning. I resolved that they should not crush or dwarf my soul, but rather be made to blossom, like Aaron's rod, with flowers.

I am a child of my generation, and I rejoice that I live in such splendidly disturbing times.

We are never really happy until we try to brighten the lives of others.