The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property - either as a child, a wife, or a concubine - must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men.

Never give in, never give in, never give in.

Our inheritance of well-founded, slowly conceived codes of honor, morals and manners, the passionate convictions which so many hundreds of millions share together of the principles of freedom and justice, are far more precious to us than anything which scientific discoveries could bestow.

Writing ... it begins as an amusement, then it becomes a mistress, then a master, and finally a tyrant.

Although always prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it should be postponed.

There never will be enough for everything while the world goes on. The more that is given the more there will be needed.

Watch your actions, they become your habits.