“A man's weaknesses may intrude on his faith but they do not diminish it.”

“A strong man who has known power all his life may lose respect for that power. But a weak man knows the value of strength.”

“But the longer a man grows in his own darkness, the more his outer form diminishes”

“There are two ways of being happy: We may either diminish our wants or augment our means- either will do- the result in the same; and it is for each man to decide for himself, and do that which happens to be the easiest. If you are idle or sick or poor, however hard it may be to diminish your wants, it will be harder to augment your means. If you are active and prosperous or young and in good health, it may be easier for you to augment your means than to diminish your wants. But if you are wise, you will do both at the same time, young or old, rich or poor, sick or well; and if you are very wise you will do both in such a way as to augment the general happiness of society.”

“I have no right to say or do anything that diminishes a man in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him but what he thinks of himself. Hurting a man in his dignity is a crime.”

“Watching you has taught me that a man need not be weak to have a faith, but is made strong by it.”