We must widen the circle of our love till it embraces the whole village; the village in its turn must take into its fold the district, the district the province, and so on until the scope of our love becomes co-terminous with the world.

He who spins before the poor, inviting them to do likewise, serves God as no one else does.

All have not the same capacity. I would allow a man of intellect to earn more, I would not cramp his talent.

One cannot reach Truth by untruthfulness. Truthful conduct alone can reach truth.

I shall content myself with merely declaring my firm conviction that, for the seeker who would live in fear of God and who would see Him face to face, restraint in diet both as to quantity and quality is as essential as restraint in thought and speech.

I have so much to accomplish today that I must meditate for two hours instead of one.

There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.