... is there anything more unjust than to build gold and brass and iron on poor, well-meaning clay, -- and then blame the clay when the whole image falls into dust?

War is wicked, beause it is murder and hate. And it is foolish, because hate and murder can only destroy people's bodies, not change their minds.

Age, per se, may claim tenderness and pity, but not respect; that only comes when the years have brought humanity and wisdom and the experience that worketh hope.

The anger of slow, mild, loving people has a lasting quality that mere bad-tempered folk cannot understand.

If you are kind to an enemy, you cannot hate him.

We've all of us got to meet the devil alone. Temptation is a lonely business.

... safety that depends on an apron-string is very unsafe!