The true strength of rulers and empires lies not in armies or emotions, but in the belief of men that they are inflexibly open and truthful and legal. As soon as a government departs from that standard it ceases to be anything more than 'the gang in possession,' and its days are numbered.

Are we all bubbles blown by a baby?

All men, however highly educated, retain some superstitious inklings.

I want to go ahead of Father Time with a scythe of my own.

The history of India for many centuries had been happier, less fierce, and more dreamlike than any other history. In these favorable conditions, they built a character - meditative and peaceful and a nation of philosophers such as could nowhere have existed except in India.

Non-violence is the policy of the vegetable kingdom.

Chess is a curse upon a man.