No one can ride on the back of a man unless it is bent.

Great causes cannot be served by intellectual equipment alone, they call for spiritual effort of soul-force.

Earth and heaven are in us

Truth should be the very breath of our life. When once this state in the pilgrim's progress is reached, all other rules of correct living will come without any effort, and obedience to them will be instinctive.

Permanent good can never be the outcome of untruth and violence

Proved right should be capable of being vindicated by right means as against the rude i.e. sanguinary means. Man may and should shed his own blood for establishing what he considers to be his right. He may not shed the blood of his opponent who disputes his 'right'.

Self-defense...is the only honourable course where there is unreadiness for self-immolation.