This earthly existence of ours is more brittle that the glass bangles that ladies wear.

Jesus was the most active resister known to history. His was nonviolence par excellence.

I cannot think of permanent enmity between man and man, and believing as I do in the theory of reincarnation, I live in the hope that if not in this birth, in some other birth I shall be able to hug all of humanity in friendly embrace.

The fact that mankind persists shows that the cohesive force is greater than the disruptive force, centripetal force greater than centrifugal.

Democracy will break under the strain of apron strings. It can exist only on trust.

My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet.

Hesitating to act because the whole vision might not be achieved, or because others do not yet share it, is an attitude that only hinders progress.