“unity to be real must survive the severest strain without breaking.”

“If I was to be their real teacher and guardian, I must touch their hearts, I must share their joys and sorrows, I must help them to solve the problems that faced them, and I must take along the right channel the surging aspirations of their youth.”

“Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.”

“What barrier is there that love cannot break?”

“In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.”

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

“Distinguish between real needs and artificial wants and control the latter.”