I believe that no man who holds a leader's position should ever accept favors from either side. He is then committed to show favors. A leader must stand alone.

When you stand alone and sell yourself you can't please everyone. But when you're different you can last.

For what Harley Street specialist has time to understand the body let alone the mind or both in combination when he is a slave to thirteen thousand a year?

The law was made for one thing alone for the exploitation of those who don't understand it or are prevented by naked misery from obeying it.

Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us.

The two operations of our understanding intuition and deduction on which alone we have said we must rely in the acquisition of knowledge.

Earth teach me to forget myself as melted snow forgets its life. Earth teach me resignation as the leaves which die in the fall. Earth teach me courage as the tree which stands all alone. Earth teach me regeneration as the seed which rises in the spring.

A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.

I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught all the world would be wise since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning understanding patience love openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable.

Too many Christians have a commitment of convenience. They'll stay faithful as long as it's safe and doesn't involve risk rejection or criticism. Instead of standing alone in the face of challenge or temptation they check to see which way their friends are going.