Many could forgo heavy meals, a full wardrobe, a fine house, etcetera. It is the ego they cannot forgo.

The world easily finds an honourable place for the magician who produces new and dazzling things.

There is not a moment when I do not feel the presence of a Witness whose eye misses nothing and with whom I strive to keep in tune.

There is nothing on earth that I would not give up, excepting of course, two things and two things only, truth and nonviolence.

Far better than emasculation would be the bravery of those who use physical force. Far better than cowardice would be meeting one's death fighting.

In a democratic scheme, money invested in the promotion of learning gives a tenfold return to the people even as a seed sown in good soil returns a luxuriant crop.

A weak man is just by accident. A strong but non-violent man is unjust by accident.