“It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal.”
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Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.
No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right.
Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare, social justice can never be attained.
True happiness... is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
