Renunciation which is natural does not herald its coming by the blowing of trumpets. It comes in imperceptibly without letting anyone notice it.

A life of sacrifice is the pinnacle of art, and is full of true joy.

Non-cooperation with tyrants is a duty.

Study not man in his animal nature - man following the laws of the jungle - but study man in all his glory.

Life becomes livable only to the extent that death is treated as a friend, never as an enemy.

Though violence is not lawful, when it is offered in self-defense or for the defense of the defenseless, it is an act of bravery far better than cowardly submission. The latter befits neither man nor woman. Under violence, there are many stages and varieties of bravery. Every man must judge this for himself. No other person can or has the right.

The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.