If everybody lives by the sweat of his brow, the earth will become a paradise.

The field of research in the doctrine of civil resistance is necessarily limited, as the occasions for civil resistance in a man's life must not be frequent.

If light can come out of darkness, then alone can love emerge from hatred.

If I seem to take part in politics, it is only because politics encircles us today like the coil of a snake from which one cannot get out, no matter how much one tries. I wish therefore to wrestle with the snake.

Where my own mission is concerned, my thought is active, and I try to wish everyone well in spite of doubts and mistrust.

Man can only conceive God within the limitation of his own mind.

There is always a limit to self-indulgence, but none to self-restraint.