Faith is a kind of sixth sense which works in cases which are without the purview of reason.

I refuse to believe that the tendency of human nature is always downward.

My trust is solely in God. And I trust men only because I trust God. If I had no God to rely upon, I should be like Timon, a hater of my species.

Modern civilization has taught us to convert night into day and golden silence into brazen din and noise.

Every person, as every institution, and, above all, every religion is to be judged not by the amount of atrocities or the wrong committed but by the right conduct.

For us, patriotism is the same as the love of humanity.

My attempt and prayer are and will be for an honorable peace between belligerent nations in the least possible time.