Persevere towards those objectives which are lighted for us by all the wisdom and inspiration of the past.

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival.

I always seem to get inspiration and renewed vitality by contact with this great novel land of yours which sticks up out of the Atlantic.

The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.

Just as a line drawn on water with a stick will quickly vanish and will not last long; even so is human life like a line drawn on water. It is short, limited, and brief; it is full of suffering, full of tribulation. This one should wisely understand, one should do good and live a pure life; for none who is born can escape death.

Without our suffering, our work would simply be social work, very good and helpful, but it would not be the work of Jesus Christ, not part of the Redemption.