I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place everywhere, at home nowhere.

The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.

Act with courage and dignity; stick to the ideals that give meaning to life.

People avoid action. Often because they are afraid of the consequences, for action means risk and danger. Danger seems terrible from a distance; it is not so bad if you have a close look at it

Science and technology have freed humanity from many burdens and given us this new perspective and great power. This power can be used for the good of all. If wisdom governs our actions; but if the world is mad or foolish, it can destroy itself just when great advances and triumphs are almost without its grasp.

A language is something infinitely greater than grammar and philology. It is the poetic testament of the genius of a race and a culture, and the living embodiment of the thoughts and fancies that have moulded them

Unity must be of the mind and heart, a sense of belonging together and of facing together those who attack it.