If as a member of a slave nation I could deliver the suppressed classes from their slavery without freeing myself from my own, I would do so today. But it is an impossible task.
Fear has its use but cowardice has none.
I consider myself a Hindu, Christian, Moslem, Jew, Buddhist and Confucian.
This earthly existence of ours is more brittle that the glass bangles that ladies wear.
It's a big error to dream of a society where nobody needs to be good.
Consciously or unconsciously, every one of us does render some service or other. If we cultivate the habit of doing this service deliberately, our desire for service will steadily grow stronger, and will make, not only for our own happiness, but that of the world at large.