Vous les occidentaux, vous avez l'heure mais vous n'avez jamais le temps

Qui prend son temps n'en manque jamais.

Et l'amour, où tout est facile,
Où tout est donné dans l'instant;
Il existe au milieu du temps
La possibilité d'une île.

I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.

Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfilment.

If we are to respect others' religions as we would have them to respect our own, a friendly study of the world's religion is a sacred duty.