When you see a man led to prison say in your heart, "Mayhap he is escaping from a narrower prison." And when you see a man drunken say in your heart, "Mayhap he sought escape from something still more unbeautiful.

For Reason, ruling alone, is a force confining; and Passion, unattended, is a flame that burns to its own destruction.

Love is a magic ray emitted from the burning core of the soul and illuminating the surrounding earth. It enables us to perceive life as a beautiful dream between one awakening and another.

Spare me the political events and power struggles, as the whole earth is my homeland and all men are my fellow countrymen.

An eye for an eye, and the whole world would be blind.

When you are sorrowful, look again.

Who are you that men should rend their bosom and unveil their pride, that you may see their worth naked and their pride unabashed? See first that you yourself deserve to be a giver, and an instrument of giving.