The Order of the Divine mind, embodied in the Divine Law, is beautiful. What should a man do but try to reproduce it, so far as possible, in his daily life?

For the entrance is low: we must stoop till we are no taller than children to get in.

Take from a man his freedom or his goods and you may have taken his innocence, almost his humanity, as well.

. . . the humblest, and at the same time most balanced and capacious, praised most, while the crank, misfits and malcontents praised least.

But of course these conjectures as to why God does what He does are probably of no more value than my dog's ideas of what I am up to when I sit and read.

When we carry out our "religious duties" we are like people digging channels in a waterless land, in order that when at last water comes, it may find them ready.

What is life to Spirit, is death to the ego.

In international commerce, India is an ancient country-(19th October, 1899)

Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.

There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers.

Hoping to live days of greater happiness, I forget that days of less happiness are passing by.

You can't go through life and leave things the way they are. We can all make a difference, and if I die today, I know I made a difference.

People always go to Paris for their honeymoon. It's like they think because the distances are closer, it's much warmer.

I am not a man of many words, but I can honestly say playing football is all I have ever wanted to do.

I was always a great bundle of energy. As a child, instead of walking, I would run. And so running, which is a pain to a lot of people, was always a pleasure to me because it was so easy.

Look em in the eye. Make a gesture of inclusion, which he did all the time. And above all, have a chorus. So I learned from Pete Seeger to have something for them to sing.