My work will be finished if I succeed in carrying conviction to the human family that every man or woman, however weak in body, is the guardian of his or her self-respect and liberty.

I am not built for academic writings. Action is my domain.

I own no enemy on earth. That is my creed.

I have not know a worthy son to whom his mother appeared ugly.

All your scholarship, all your study of Shakespeare and Wordsworth would be in vain, if at the same time you do not build your character, and attain mastery over your thoughts and actions.

If God is not a personal being for me like my earthly father, He is infinitely more.

No one should dogmatize about the capacity of human nature for degradation or exaltation.