"In its history, Europe has committed so many massacres and horrors that it should bow its own head in shame."

"Racism, xenophobia and unfair discrimination have spawned slavery, when human beings have bought and sold and owned and branded fellow human beings as if they were so many beasts of burden."

"In God's family, there are no outsiders, no enemies."

"Universal education is not only a moral imperative but an economic necessity, to pave the way toward making many more nations self-sufficient and self-sustaining."

"It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its growth it should juice up and mellow. God forbid I should live long enough to ferment and rot and fall to the ground in a squash."

"If you are going through hell, keep going."

"The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God."

"Nothing is too high for the daring of mortals; we storm heaven itself in our folly."