You pay a great deal too dear for what’s given freely.

No problem is so deep that it cannot be overcome, given the will of all parties, through discussion and negotiation rather than force and violence.

Religion is a great force—the only real motive force in the world; but what you fellows don't understand is that you must get a man through his own religion and not through yours.

Without properly kept accounts it is impossible to maintain truth in its pristine purity.

But all my life through, the very insistence on truth has taught me to appreciate the beauty of compromise.

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.

One who believes in himself has no need to convince others.

Wherever there is injustice, war, discrimination against women, gays and the disadvantaged, I did my best to show up and exert moral persuasion.

A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.

Peace by persuasion has a pleasant sound, but I think we should not be able to work it. We should have to tame the human race first, and history seems to show that that cannot be done.

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.

The progression of emancipation of any class usually, if not always, takes place through the efforts of individuals of that class.

One worthwhile task carried to a successful conclusion is worth half-a-hundred half-finished tasks.

All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.

One who is serious all day will never have a good time, while one who is frivolous all day will never establish a household.