"I have often thought, that if I were to choose a way to travel, it should be on foot."

"As to my own comfort, I know not that I ever felt any, from the time I was born."

"I have been in this city for over a year, yet I have not seen one instance of a truly awakened soul."

"I am not careful about my life or my death. I know that I am in the hands of God."

"I deny that I am an enthusiast in the common sense of the word. I am no visionary. I do not pretend to any new revelations, to any extraordinary gifts of the Holy Ghost, to any particular inspiration,…"