Pliable human nature is relentlessly pressed upon by its physical environment.

Must be grounded in a philosophy whose foundation is on the solidarity of the human race, a philosophy which will not waver when the race happens to be represented by a drunken woman or an idiot boy.

The impulse to share the lives of the poor, the desire to make social service, irrespective of propaganda, express the spirit of Christ, is as old as Christianity itself.

In the unceasing ebb and flow of justice and oppression we must all dig channels as best we may, that at the propitious moment somewhat of the swelling tide may be conducted to the barren places of life.

You do not know what life means when all the difficulties are removed!

The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life.

The worth of every conviction consists precisely in the steadfastness with which it is held.