Civil disobedience is the only nonviolent escape from the soul-destroying heat of violence.

Economic equality of my conception does not mean that every one will literally have the same amount.

A customer is the most important visitor on our premises. He is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him. He is not an interruption in our work. He is the purpose of it. He is not an outsider in our business. He is part of it. We are not doing him a favor by serving him. He is doing us a favor by giving us an opportunity to do so.

God created man to work for his food and said that those who ate without work were thieves.

Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.

A friendship that exacts oneness of opinion and conduct is not worth much.

The whole existence of man is a ceaseless duel between the forces of life and death.