I do not wish my house to be walled and my windows stuffed. I want all cultures to blow freely through my dwelling.

I want freedom for the full expression of my personality.

The greatness of the human being is not in the reincarnation of the world but in the reincarnation of ourselves.

It is any day better to stand erect with a broken and bandaged head then to crawl on one's belly, in order to be able to save one's head.

No matter how insignificant the thing you have to do, do it as well as you can, give it as much of your care and attention as you would give to the thing you regard as most important. For it will be by those small things that you shall be judged.

As the means, so the end.

I can no more preach nonviolence to a cowardly man than I can tempt a blind man to enjoy healthy scenes.