“It is most unusual to return to a place that has changed in ways you yourself have altered.”

“There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.”

“There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.”

“You write in order to change the world ... if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change it.”

“I know God has been found by unusual people in unusual places--in a sudden vision in a grove or orchard or grotto, or on a mountain or in a closet, or through saintly service to African lepers or to Calcutta untouchables. But for most of us, most of the time, I am convinced he can be found most surely in 'the natural sequence to the performance' of the duties he has given us that all of us (not just the unusual) can perform in our own homes and neighborhoods.”

“I'm starting with the man in the mirror,I'm asking him to change his ways;And no message could have been any clearer,If you wanna make the world a better place,Take a look at yourself, and then make a change!”