A slave-holder cannot hold a slave without putting himself or his deputy in the cage for holding the slave.

Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.

Nothing has saddened me so much in life as the hardness of heart of educated people.

Civilizations have come and gone and, in spite of our vaunted progress, I am tempted to ask again and again, 'To what purpose?'

Disobedience that is wholly civil should never provoke retaliation.

Jesus was the most active resister known to history. His was nonviolence par excellence.

It is better to allow our lives to speak for us than our words.