“Luck enters into every contingency. You are a fool if you forget it -- and a greater fool if you count upon it.”

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

“We cannot alter facts but we can alter our ways of looking at them.”

“No emergency excuses you from exercising tolerance.”

“It is a very dangerous thing to have an idea that you will not practice.”

“A red-hot belief in eternal glory is probably the best antidote to human panic that there is.”

“We must seize every opportunity we can to speak the truth and proclaim peace. Especially now. There's so little time for many.”

“I would rather be an opportunist and float than go to the bottom with my principles around my neck.”

“Engage people with what they expect; it is what they are able to discern and confirms their projections. It settles them into predictable patterns of response, occupying their minds while you wait ...”