Education should be so revolutionized as to answer the wants of the poorest villager, instead of answering those of an imperial exploiter.

The measure of a society can be how well its people treat its animals

There is not a moment when I do not feel the presence of a Witness whose eye misses nothing and with whom I strive to keep in tune.

No people have risen who thought only of rights. Only those did so who thought of duties.

It has often occurred to me that a seeker after truth has to be silent.

The weak can never forgive.

Steam becomes a mighty power only when it allows itself to be imprisoned in a strong little reservoir, produces tremendous motion and carries huge weights by permitting itself a tiny and measured outlet.