I thank heaven I have often had it in my power to give help and relief, and this is still my greatest pleasure. If I could choose my sphere of action now, it would be that of the most simple and direct efforts of this kind.

There must be equality of all men before God and in a democratic society. Now that's one of the great achievements.

History may defeat the Christ but it nevertheless points to him as the law of life.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

The recalcitrant forces in the historical drama have a power and persistence beyond our reckoning.

All men are naturally included to obscure the morally ambiguous element in their political cause by investing it with religious sanctity.

Man has always been his own most vexing problem.