When struck on one cheek to turn the other, is really joining a conspiracy to secure the triumph of brutality. To agree not to resist evil is to become an accomplice of all injustice.

To the wise man, to the wise nation, the mistakes of the past are the torches of the present.

Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.

You cannot be so poor that you cannot help somebody.

Belief is not a matter of choice, but of conviction.

Whoever imagines himself a favorite with God holds others in contempt.

They say that when god was in Jerusalem he forgave his murderers, but now he will not forgive an honest man for differing with him on the subject of the Trinity. They say that God says to me, "Forgive your enemies." I say, "I do;" but he says, "I will damn mine." God should be consistent. If he wants me to forgive my enemies he should forgive his. I am asked to forgive enemies who can hurt me. God is only asked to forgive enemies who cannot hurt him. He certainly ought to be as generous as he asks us to be.