It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.

One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.

Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.

Non-violence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man.

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

It is any day better to stand erect with a broken and bandaged head then to crawl on one's belly, in order to be able to save one's head.