The soul of me is very selfish. I have gone my way after a fashion that made me the center of the plan. And you who are so individual, who are so independent a spirit, whose soul is also a kingdom, have been so loyal, so forgiving, so self-sacrificing in your willingness to live my life. Nothing but love cold have accomplished so wonderful a thing.

The Bible is the one supreme source of revelation of the meaning of life, the nature of God and spiritual nature and need of men. It is the only guide of life which really leads the spirit in the way of peace and salvation.

We are participants, whether we would or not, in the life of the world.... We are partners with the rest. What affects mankind isinevitably our affair as well as the nations of Europe and Asia.

We shall not, I believe, be obliged to alter our policy of watchful waiting.

Hunger does not breed reform; it breeds madness and all the distemper's that make an ordered life impossible.

My own ideals for the university are those of a genuine democracy and serious scholarship. These two, indeed, seem to go together.

I am one who fights without a knack of hoping confidentlysimply a Scotch-Irishman who will not be conquered.