The sacred thread and the tuft of hair without a pure heart and a spirit of toleration do not make a Hindu.

I am a Christian and a Hindu and a Muslim and a Jew.

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been know to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.

Peace is its own reward.

Any imposition from without means compulsion. Such compulsion is repugnant to religion.

When the fear of jail disappears, repression puts heart into the people.