There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.

All persecution is a sign of fear; for if we did not fear the power of an opinion different from our own, we should not mind others holding it.

the unfortunate thing about worldliness is that its rewards are rather less than its appetites.

Our responsibility to ourselves comes first -- because in a sense what one is oneself is the responsibility that one has for others!

A red-hot belief in eternal glory is probably the best antidote to human panic that there is.

Nobody can afford to appear more pleasant than they really are!

People who talk of new lives believe there will be no new troubles.