“Let true Christians then, with becoming earnestness, strive in all things to recommend their profession, and to put to silence the vain scoffs of ignorant objectors. Let them boldly assert the cause of Christ in an age when so many, who bear the name of Christians, are ashamed of Him: and let them consider as devolved on Them the important duty of suspending for a while the fall of their country, and, perhaps, of performing a still more extensive service to society at large; not by busy interference in politics, in which it cannot but be confessed there is much uncertainty; but rather by that sure and radical benefit of restoring the influence of Religion, and of raising the standard of morality.”

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 155.

An Address to the inhabitants of the British Settlements on the Slavery of the Negroes in America., page 19

Source: A Different Kind of Teacher: Solving the Crisis of American Schooling, Berkeley Hills Books (2000) p. 97

Source: Teacher Man

Preface, pp. x-xi.
The Revival of Aristocracy (1906)

Angelus (24 September 1978) http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_i/angelus/documents/hf_jp-i_ang_24091978_en.html <br class="br">Context: People sometimes say: &quot;we are in a society that is all rotten, all dishonest.&quot; That is not true. There are still so many good people, so many honest people. Rather, what can be done to improve society? I would say: let each of us try to be good and to infect others with a goodness imbued with the meekness and love taught by Christ. Christ&#x27;s golden rule was: &quot;do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself. Do to others what you want done to yourself.&quot; &#x27;And he always gave. Put on the cross, not only did he forgive those who crucified him, but he excused them. He said: &quot;Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.&quot; This is Christianity, these are sentiments which, if put into practice would help society so much.

Source: Letter 99, Paragraph 13. Erika Bullmann Flores, Tr. from: &lt;cite&gt;Dr. Martin Luther&#x27;s Saemmtliche Schriften&lt;/cite&gt;Dr. Johann Georg Walch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Georg_Walch Ed. (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, N.D.), Vol. 15, cols. 2585-2590. http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/wittenberg/luther/letsinsbe.txt <br class="br">Context: If you are a preacher of mercy, do not preach an imaginary but the true mercy. If the mercy is true, you must therefore bear the true, not an imaginary sin. God does not save those who are only imaginary sinners. Be a sinner, and let your sins be strong (sin boldly), but let your trust in Christ be stronger, and rejoice in Christ who is the victor over sin, death, and the world. We will commit sins while we are here, for this life is not a place where justice resides. We, however, says Peter (2. Peter 3:13) are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth where justice will reign.

Variant: There are so many torturous things in this life. Don't let a man who doesn't love you be one of them.
Source: Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar