“Goodness is richer than greatness. It consists not in the outward things we do, but in the inward thing we are.”

“Neutral men are the devil's allies.”

“Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.”

“Skepticism has never founded empires, established principals, or changed the world's heart. The great doers in history have always been people of faith.”

“At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they have not the courage to face public opinion.”

“The creed of a true saint is to make the best of life, and to make the most of it.”

“Goodness is richer than greatness. It consists not in the outward things we do, but in the inward thing we are.”