While everything around me is ever changing, ever dying, there is underlying that change a living power that is changeless, that holds all together, that creates, dissolves and recreates.... For I can see in the midst of death, life persists, in the midst of untruth, truth persists, in the midst of darkness light persists.

Great causes cannot be served by intellectual equipment alone, they call for spiritual effort of soul-force.

The greatness of a person lies in his heart, not in his head; that is intellect.

The West has yet to discover anything so hygienic as the Indian toothstick.

Violence is the fear to other's ideals.

The ally we must cultivate is the part of our enemy which knows the truth.

Every person in a well-ordered state is fully conscious of both his responsibilities and his rights.