The early Christians rejoiced when they were deemed worthy to suffer for what they believed. In those days the Church was not merely a thermometer that recorded the ideas and principles o popular opinion; it was a thermostat that transformed the mores of society.

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.

Nothing degrades a man do more than the allowed stoop so low as to hate someone

Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve. [...] You only need a heart full of grace.

If I knew that the world ends tomorrow, I, even today, plant a tree

If I sought to answer all of the criticisms that cross my desk, my secretaries would be engaged in little else in the course of the day, and I would have no time for constructive work.

Be concerned about your brother...eithe r we go up together, or we go down together.