"The blacks are as a rule uncivilized—the convicts even more so. They are troublesome, very dirty, and live almost like animals."

"The Golden Rule is to be found in every religion, in some form or another."

"Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good."

"God is not a person. God is a force. The world is nothing but a manifestation of that force."

"The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart."