"How sweet Japanese woman is! All the possibilities of the race for goodness seem to be concentrated in her."

"Whatever doubts or vexations one has in Japan, it is only necessary to ask one's self: "Well, who are the best people…"

"Japanese affection is not uttered in words; it scarcely appears even in the tone of voice; it is chiefly shown in act…"

"My friends are much more dangerous than my enemies. These latter – with infinite subtlety – spin webs to keep me out …"

"Times are not good here. The city is crumbling into ashes. It has been buried under a lava flood of taxes and frauds …"

"With the acceptance of the doctrine of evolution, old forms of thought crumbled; new ideas everywhere arose to take t…"

"After the first recognition even by theology of physical evolution, it was easy to predict that the recognition of ps…"

"With the massacre of Shimabara ends the real history of the Portuguese and Spanish missions. After that event, Christ…"

"The religion of the Jesuits could never have adapted itself to the social conditions of Japan; and by the fact of thi…"

"It may remain for us to learn … that our task is only beginning; and that there will never be given to us even the gh…"