I must say that, beyond occasionally exposing me to laughter, my constitutional shyness has been no dis-advantage whatever. In fact I can see that, on the contrary, it has been all to my advantage.

The process of learning should be as far as possible a pleasurable one and not laborious

Though violence is not lawful, when it is offered in self-defense or for the defense of the defenseless, it is an act of bravery far better than cowardly submission. The latter befits neither man nor woman. Under violence, there are many stages and varieties of bravery. Every man must judge this for himself. No other person can or has the right.

The best politics is right action.

No society can possibly be built on a denial of individual freedom.

God turns His back on those who quarrel among themselves.

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