Hesitating to act because the whole vision might not be achieved, or because others do not yet share it, is an attitude that only hinders progress.

It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.

Every expression of truth has in it the seeds of propagation, even as the sun cannot hide its light.

For me, humanitarian service, or rather service of all that lives, is religion. And I draw no distinction between such religion and politics.

The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.

Man lives freely only by his readiness to die.

You will eat not to satisfy your palate but your hunger. A self-indulgent man lives to eat; a self-restrained man eats to live.