The test of our religion is whether it fits us to meet emergencies. A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.

Our growth depends not on how many experiences we devour, but on how many we digest.

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.

Gentleness is a divine trait: nothing is so divine as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as real strength.

In overcoming prejudice, working together is even more effective than talking together.

Faced with the immensity of the universe, Job realized that there are limits to man's rationalizing, that we cannot find where the cloud of sorrow starts, that all our boasted knowledge is but an island in the vast ocean of mystery, and as the island of knowledge grows larger, the shore line of mystery becomes longer. At the end of his wits, he surrendered in trust to a Higher Wisdom.

The hinge of history is on the door of a Bethlehem stable.