“On an occasion of this kind it becomes more than a moral duty to speak one's mind. It becomes a pleasure.”
“To become acquainted with kindness one must be prepared to learn new things and feel new feelings. Kindness is more than a philosophy of the mind. It is a philosophy of the spirit.”
“Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.”
“The hungrier one becomes, the clearer one's mind works— also the more sensitive one becomes to the odors of food.”
“Certainty is not to be had. But as we learn this we become not more moral but more resigned. We become nihilists.”
“The Holiness of God is something more and other than moral perfection: His claim upon us is something more and other than the claim of moral duty.”