If we had attained the full vision of Truth, we would no longer be seekers, but become one with God, for Truth is God.

If you would swim on the bosom of the ocean of Truth, you must reduce yourself to a zero.

Ethically they had arrived at the conclusion that man's supremacy over lower animals meant not that the former should prey upon the latter, but that the higher should protect the lower, and that there should be mutual aid between the two as between man and man. They had also brought out the truth that man eats not for enjoyment but to live.

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.

Let us fear God and we shall cease to fear man.

You cannot neglect the nearer duty for the sake of a remote.

I can no more preach nonviolence to a cowardly man than I can tempt a blind man to enjoy healthy scenes.