There is such a thing as the pressure of darkness.

Superstition, bigotry and prejudice, ghosts though they are, cling tenaciously to life; they are shades armed with tooth and claw. They must be grappled with unceasingly, for it is a fateful part of human destiny that it is condemned to wage perpetual war against ghosts. A shade is not easily taken by the throat and destroyed.

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.

This book should be read as one would read the book of a dead man.

To be a saint is the exception; to be a just person is the rule. Err, stumble, commit sin, but be one of the just.

Being good is easy, what is difficult is being just.

. . .where there is no more hope, song remains.