“It often happens that a human is more humanely related to a cat or dog than to any human being.”

“A written word is the choicest of relics. It is something at once more intimate with us and more universal than any other work of art. It is the work of art nearest to life itself. It may be translated into every language, and not only be read but actually breathed from all human lips; -- not be represented on canvas or in marble only, but be carved out of the breath of life itself.”

“I thus found that the student who wishes for a shelter can obtain one for a lifetime at an expense not greater than the rent which he now pays annually. If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself; and my shortcomings and inconsistencies do not affect the truth of my statement.”

“In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood”

“I have no doubt that it is part of the destiny of the human race in it's gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals.”

“None can be an impartial or wise observer of human life but from the vantage ground of what we should call voluntary poverty.”

“Whatever my own practice may be, I have no doubt that it is part of the destiny of the human race, in its gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals, as surely as the savage tribes have left off eating each other when they came in contact with the more civilized.”