A religious act cannot be performed with the aid of the bayonet or the bomb.

A full and candid admission of one's mistakes should make proof against its repetition.

Experience gained in two schools under my control has taught me that punishment does not purify, if anything, it hardens children.

If you want something done, ask. If you want something done quickly, ask, and then begin counting down from ten with no explanation.

The builders of the British Indian Empire have patiently built its four pillars-the European interests, the army, the Indian princes and the communal divisions.

When there is war, the poet lays down the lyre, the lawyer his law reports, the schoolboy his books.

Every widow I have met has recognized in the wheel a dear forgotten friend.