I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one. . . . But from what I see I am sure it bends toward justice.

It is not from the tall crowded workhouse of prosperity that men first or clearest see the eternal stars of heaven.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.

[America is] a rebellious nation. Our whole history is treason; our blood was attained before we were born; our creeds were infidelity to the mother church; our constitution treason to our fatherland.

As society advances the standard of poverty rises.

The books which help you most are those which make you think the most. The hardest way of learning is by easy reading; every man that tries it finds it so. But a great book that comes from a great thinker, — it is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth, with beauty too.

Self-denial is indispensable to a strong character, and the highest kind comes from a religious stock.