The truth can never be wrong, even if no one hears it.

The first condition of humaneness is a little humility and a little diffidence about the correctness of one's conduct and a little receptiveness.

I saw that bad handwriting should be regarded as a sign of an imperfect education.

The eternal duel between Ormuzd and Ahriman, God and Satan, is raging in my breast, which is one among their billion battlefields.

Even the most despotic government cannot stand except for the consent of the governed.... Immediately the subject ceases to fear the despotic force, his power is gone.

I desire no honour if I have to conceal my religious beliefs in order to have it.

The life of millions is my politics, from which I dare not free myself without denying my life-work and God.