A thousand candles can be lighted from the flame of one candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness can be spread without diminishing that of yourself.

Literary education is of no value, if it is not able to build up a sound character.

In the midst of death life persists, in the midst of untruth, truth persists, in the midst of darkness light persists.

If we are to make progress, we must not repeat history but make new history. We must add to inheritance left by our ancestors.

Ethically they had arrived at the conclusion that man's supremacy over lower animals meant not that the former should prey upon the latter, but that the higher should protect the lower, and that there should be mutual aid between the two as between man and man. They had also brought out the truth that man eats not for enjoyment but to live.

Nonviolence is an unchangeable creed.

True suffering does not know itself and never calculates.