Man does not live by destruction.

Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.

A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness.

Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God.

Sickness is the result not only of our acts, but out thoughts also.

Our existence as embodied beings is purely momentary; what are a hundred years in eternity? But if we shatter the chains of egotism, and melt into the ocean of humanity, we share its dignity. To feel that we are something is to set up a barrier between God and ourselves; to cease feeling that we are something, is to become one with God.

To deprive a man of his natural liberty and to deny to him the ordinary amenities of life is worse then starving the body; it is starvation of the soul, the dweller in the body.