There is always a limit to self-indulgence, but none to self-restraint.

How heavy is the toll of sins and wrong that wealth, power and prestige exact from man.

Disobedience that is wholly civil should never provoke retaliation.

The sacrifice which causes sorrow to the doer of the sacrifice is no sacrifice. Real sacrifice lightens the mind of the doer and gives him a sense of peace and joy. The Buddha gave up the pleasures of life because they had become painful to him.

If God is vast and boundless as the ocean, how can a tiny drop like man imagine what He is?

Real education consists in drawing the best out of yourself.

Violent means will give violent freedom.