How do you know if the next act you are about to do is the right one or the wrong one? Consider the face of the poorest and most vulnerable human being that you have ever chanced upon, and ask yourself if the act that you contemplate will be of benefit to that person; and if it will be, it's the right thing to do, and if not, rethink it.

Truthful movements spontaneously attract to themselves all manner of pure and disinterested help.

Men aspiring to be free can hardly think of enslaving others.

No displeasure, even of the dearest friends, can put me off the duty I see clearly in front of me.

I have no secret methods. I know no diplomacy save that of truth. I have no weapon but non-violence.

It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.

A man who wants to control his animal passions easily does so if he controls his palate.