What God may have enabled me to do is but a repayment of debt, and he who repays a debt deserves no praise.

I was a coward. I used to be haunted by the fear of thieves, ghosts and serpents. I did not dare to stir out of doors at night. Darkness was a terror to me. It was almost impossible for me to sleep in the dark, as I would imagine ghosts coming from one direction, thieves from another and serpents from a third. I could not therefore bear to sleep without a light in the room.

Non-co-operation intended to pave the way to real honourable and voluntary co-operation based on mutual respect and trust.

War is an unmitigated evil. But it certainly does one good thing. It drives away fear and brings bravery to the surface.

Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in being slave-owners.

As the State is a soulless machine, it can never be weaned from violence to which it owes its very existence.

Why should men arrogate to themselves the right to regulate female purity?