What a blind person needs is not a teacher but another self.

The clatter of a changing world is not pleasant, and those who have enjoyed the comforts and protection of the old order may be shocked and unhappy when they behold the vigorous young builders of a new world sweeping away their time-honored antiquities.

The best things in life are not seen or heard ... but felt with the heart.

The worst calamity: 'To have eyes and fail to see.'

My darkness has been filled with the light of intelligence, and behold, the outer day-lit world was stumbling and groping in social blindness.

Militarism. . . is the chief bulwark of capitalism. When it is that militarism is undermined, capitalism will fail.

It is curious to observe what different ideals of happiness people cherish, and in what singular places they look for this well-spring of their life. Many look for it in the hoarding of riches, some in the pride of power, and others in the achievements of art and literature; a few seek it in the exploration of their own minds, or in search for knowledge.