I should love to satisfy all, if I possibly can; but in trying to satisfy all, I may be able to satisfy none. I have, therefore, arrived at the conclusion that the best course is to satisfy one’s own conscience and leave the world to form its own judgment, favorable or otherwise.

Illness or disease is only Nature's warning that filth has accumulated in some portion or other of the body; and it would surely be the part of wisdom to allow Nature to remove the filth, instead of covering it up with the help of medicines.

National education to be truly national must reflect the national condition for the time being.

My dharma teaches me to give my life for the sake of others without even attempting to kill.

Stoning prophets and erecting churches to their memory afterwards has been the way of the world through the ages. Today we worship Christ, but the Christ in the flesh we crucified.

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

That prince is acceptable to me who becomes a prince among his people's servants.