The best educated human being is the one who understands most about the life in which he is placed.

Gullibility is the key to all adventures. The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he who gets the most out of life.

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.

More than at any other time, when I hold a beloved book in my hand my limitations fall from me, my spirit is free.

The way forward is simple - just follow Christ!

The woman who works for a dollar a day has as much right as any other human being to say what the conditions of her work should be.

Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.