Freedom of the press is a precious privilege that no country can forego.

Nothing can be more hurtful to an honourable man than that he should be accused of bad faith.

One has to speak out and stand up for one's convictions. Inaction at a time of conflagration is inexcusable.

Non-violence ... is the only thing that the atom bomb cannot destroy.

Only this much I knew - that under ideal conditions, true education could be imparted only by the parents, and that then there should be the minimum of outside help.

To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being.

The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body.