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But Paul, in his preaching of the Gospel, is a debtor to deliver the word not to Barbarians only, but also to Greeks, and not only to the unwise, who would easily agree with him, but also to the wise.

When a person doesn't have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.

Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.

The build-up of personal and collective debt in America and Europe should have sent warning signals to anyone familiar with the biblical institutions of the Sabbatical and Jubilee years, created specifically because of the danger of people being trapped by debt.

There are slavish souls who carry their appreciation for favors done them so far that they strangle themselves with the rope of gratitude.

It is a debt we owe to the purity of our religion to show that it is at variance with that law which warrants slavery.

Believe me, 'tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.

Being Christian towards poor people means trying to improve their lives and give them back some self-respect.

If it be not a sin, an open, flagrant violation of all the rules of justice and humanity, to hold these slaves in bondage, it is indeed folly to put ourselves to any trouble and expense in order to free them.

Christianity, democracy, science, education, wealth, and the cumulative inheritance of a thousand years, have not preserved us from the vain repetition of history.