I refuse to believe that the tendency of human nature is always downward.
What is really needed to make democracy function is not knowledge of facts, but right education.
To die in the act of killing is, in essence, to die defeated.
A man can give up a right, but he may not give up a duty without being guilty of a grave dereliction.
The difficulty one experiences in meeting himsa arises from weakness of mind.
I know of no religion or sect that has done or is doing without a house of God, variously described as a temple, a mosque, a church, a synagogue or agiary.