“They may torture my body, break my bones, even kill me. Then they will have my dead body, but not my obedience.”

“You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.”

“I have naturally formed the habit of restraining my thoughts. A thoughtless word hardly ever escaped my tongue or pen. Experience has taught me that silence is part of the spiritual discipline of a votary of truth. We find so many people impatient to talk. All this talking can hardly be said to be of any benefit to the world. It is so much waste of time. My shyness has been in reality my shield and buckler. It has allowed me to grow. It has helped me in my discernment of truth.”

“Nobody can hurt me without my permission.”

“My Life is My Message”

“My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet.”

“My uniform experience has convinced me that there is no other God than Truth”