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.

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

A true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves

The roads of life are strewn with the wreckage of run-down, half-finished loves.

There are parts of a ship which taken by themselves would sink. The engine would sink. The propeller would sink. But when the parts of a ship are built together, they float. So with the events of my life. Some have been tragic. Some have been happy. But when they are built together, they form a craft that floats and is going places. And I am comforted.

The hope of free people in a frightened world is the values which people put ahead of inventions when their backs are to the wall. These values are beauty, truth, goodness and having a faith, all of which are bombproof.

True humility is intelligent self-respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us mindful of the nobility God meant us to have. Yet it makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be.