One who hooks his fortune to ahimsa, the law of love, daily lessens the circle of destruction and to that extent promotes life and love.

A resolute and wise refusal to take part in festivities will be an incentive for introspection and self-purification.

I learned from my illiterate but wise mother that all rights to be deserved and preserved came from duty well done. Thus the very right to live accrues to us only when we do the duty of citizenship of the world. From this one fundamental statement, perhaps it is easy enough to define the duties of Man and Woman and correlate every right to some corresponding duty to be first performed. Every other right can be shown to be a usurpation hardly worth fighting for.

The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.

Breach of promise is no less an act of insolvency than a refusal to pay one's debt.

A vow imparts stability, ballast and firmness to one's character.

It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us. This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good heart whatever they might have to say.