I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the culture of all lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any

If you give me rice, I'll eat today; if you teach me how to grow rice, I'll eat every day.

A mother would never by choice sleep in a wet bed but she would gladly do so in order to spare the dry bed for her child.

Man is sent into the world to perform his duty even at the cost of his life.

Consciously or unconsciously, every one of us does render some service or other. If we cultivate the habit of doing this service deliberately, our desire for service will steadily grow stronger, and will make, not only for our own happiness, but that of the world at large.

We are the makers of our own state and...individuals who realize the fact need not, ought not, to wait for collective action.

Forgiveness is the virtue of the brave.